1. Ethical Use of Computers
Presented by Mr. Wilhelmi

2. Crimes Using Computers
Computer Crime
Theft of Services
Theft of Property
Financial Crimes
Software

3. Computer Crime
A criminal act that is accomplished through the use of a computer
A criminal act that poses a greater threat to a computer user than it would to a non- computer user
Kinds of activity:
Perpetrate acts of deceit, theft, or concealment to provide financial, business-related, property, or service advantages
Threats to computer itself – sabotage, theft

4. Theft of Services Using a company’s computer after working hours
Obtaining inside information on a business/corporation
Making unauthorized changes to data (grades)
Theft of valuable computer time and the data stored on the system

5. Theft of Property Computer itself Computer parts for assembly later
Stealing merchandise from a company whose orders are processed by computers
Software
Illegally copying software, music, etc.

6. Financial Crimes Creating illegal checks by an employee
“Round-off fraud” – an employee collects the fractions of cents in customers’ accounts due to applicable interest rate allocations

7. Software
Software piracy – stealing commercial software either outright or illegally copying it for personal use or for resale
Commercial software – software ordinarily purchased at a store, via Internet or mail
Copyrighted – we purchase right to use software
Constitution in 1790 – protects rights of authors
US Copyright Office & courts in 1964 – established that computer programs are the “writing of an author”

8. Laws
Copyright Act of 1976
“It is illegal to make unauthorized copies of a copyrighted computer program.”
Software Piracy and Counterfeiting Amendment of 1983
Added to the Copyright Act of 1976
Commercially copying and selling pirated software is a felony

9. Ethics
A set of moral principles or values that are designed to guide human conduct
Dealing with what is good and bad, ethics represents a pattern of personal conduct that is acceptable to society
Computer ethics
The standard of moral conduct in computer use
A way in which the “spirit” of laws can be carried to other computer-related activities
Individual license - use only one program on one computer at a time

10. Privacy and Confidentiality of Information
Privacy – keeping personal information personal; protecting it from improper use
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (1986)
Obtaining records from financial institutions
Electronic Communication Privacy Act (1986)
Prohibits the interception of data communications
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act (1988)
Regulates use of data for eligibility of federal benefits

11. Ethics
A set of moral principles or values that are designed to guide human conduct