1. CHAPTER 3 Ethics and Privacy

2. CHAPTER OUTLINE 3.1 Ethical Issues 3.2 Privacy

3. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Define ethics, list and describe the three fundamental tenets of ethics, and describe the four categories of ethical issues related to information technology. 2. Identify three places that store personal data, and for each one discuss at least one potential threat to the privacy of the data stored there.

4. 3.1 Ethical Issues Ethical Frameworks Utilitarian approach Rights approach Fairness approach Common good approach

5. General Framework for Ethics 1. Recognize an ethical issue 2. Get the facts 3. Evaluate alternative actions 4. Make a decision and test it 5. Act and reflect on the outcome of your decision

6. Ethics in the Corporate Environment Code of ethics Fundamental tenets of ethics Responsibility Accountability Liability

7. Unethical vs. Illegal What is unethical is not necessarily illegal. Ethics scenarios

8. Ethics and Information Technology Four categories of ethical issues involving IT applications : Privacy Issues Accuracy Issues Property Issues Accessibility Issues

9. 3.2 Privacy Court decisions have followed two rules: (1) The right of privacy is not absolute. Your privacy must be balanced against the needs of society. (2) The public’s right to know is superior to the individual’s right of privacy.

10. Threats to Privacy Data aggregators, digital dossiers, and profiling Electronic Surveillance Personal Information in Databases Information on Internet Bulletin Boards, Newsgroups, and Social Networking Sites

11. Data Aggregators, Digital Dossiers, and Profiling © Ilin Sergey/Age Fotostock America, Inc.

12. Electronic Surveillance © Ilin Sergey/Age Fotostock America, Inc.

13. Electronic Surveillance See "The State of Surveillance" article in BusinessWeekThe State of Surveillance See the surveillance slideshowsurveillance slideshow See additional surveillance slidesslides And you think you have privacy? (video)video

14. Personal Information in Databases Banks Utility companies Government agencies Credit reporting agencies © Nicolas Nadjar/Age Fotostock America, Inc.

15. Information on Internet Bulletin Boards, Newsgroups, and Social Networking Sites © Marina Bordjieva/Age Fotostock America, Inc.

16. Social Networking Sites Can Cause You Problems Anyone can post derogatory information about you anonymously. (See this Washington Post article.)article You can also hurt yourself, as this article shows.article

17. What Can You Do? First, be careful what information you post on social networking sites. Second, a company, ReputationDefender, says it can remove derogatory information from the Web.

18. Protecting Privacy Privacy Codes and Policies Opt-out Model Opt-in Model © Gunnar/Age Fotostock America, Inc.

19. Chapter Closing Case The Problem The Solution The Results