Social Issues

Employment change Computer Ethics Privacy Piracy Computer Crime Computer Viruses Data Protection and security

Employment change Many jobs replaced by computers and robots Increase in efficiency and productivity New jobs produced Programmer, analyst, technician, operator, etc. Nature of jobs changed (office and factory automation) Computers/robots : Boring and repetitive work Human : management,design, control, research

Employment change Increase of decrease job opportunity ? Result : Fewer employees for large companies Retrained regularly to update IT knowledge Efficiency increased and working hours shortened Retirement age lowered (computers jobs favour the young)

Computer Ethics Moral guidelines for the use of computers and information systems Should not use computers without permission Should not disclose confidential information Should not copy or use software illegally Any more ?

Privacy Many companies, organizations, and the government kept a lot of our information Do they use, kept and destroy the data in a right way ? E.g. (junk) , phone calls, promotion letters Invasion of privacy : right to determine degree to which one is willing to share one ’ s info. Some companies sell customers ’ info. to others

Computer Crime Illegal access to info. thro ’ NW Illegal access to internet accounts thro ’ passwords and user-ids. Illegal transfer of money by modifying programs Illegal copying of copyrighted SW Damaging computer system on purpose Producing and spreading of virus programs

SW Copyright and Piracy Copyright - legal ownership of the duplication rights for computer SW Piracy – illegal copying of these SW