Module 3: Computer Ethics Flashcards
A set of principles designed to help professionals distinguish right from wrong in order to govern their decision-making.
Often referred to as an ethical code, these principles outline the mission and values of an organization, how the professionals within the organization are supposed to approach problems and the standards to which they are held.
Professional Code of Ethics
Why is a Professional Code of Ethics Important?
Ensure employees are behaving in a manner that is socially acceptable and respectful of one another.
Establishes the rules for behavior and sends a message to every employee that universal compliance is expected.
It also provides the groundwork for a preemptive warning if employees break the code
A code of ethics can be valuable not just internally as a professional guide but also:
Externally, as a statement of a company’s values and commitments.
advantages of a professional code of ethics:
- Ethical Decision Making
- High Standards of Practice and Ethical Behavior
- Trust and Respect from the General Public
- Evaluation Benchmark
brings together computing educators, researchers, and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources, and address the field’s challenges
the world’s largest computing society
strengthens the profession’s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence.
Founded at the dawn of the computer age,
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
the longest-existing professional association of computing and information technology professionals in the country.
The Philippine Computer Society (PCS)
a professor of mathematics and engineering at MIT pioneered a new branch of applied science known as Cybernetics and identified the social and ethical implications of computers.
Norbert Wiener
A branch of applied ethics which studies and analyzes such social and ethical impacts of information technology.
Computer ethics in the broadest sense
In the age of the world-wide-wed, computer ethics is quickly transformed into
Global information ethics
A typical problem in Computer Ethics arises because of what?
A policy vacuum about how computer technology should be used.
Computers Special Case
Logical Malleability
Impact on Society
Invisibility Factor
A computer special case states that computers can be shaped and molded to perform any activity that can be characterized in terms of inputs, outputs and connecting logical operations.
Logical Malleability
A computer special case about the extensive impact of computerization on society
Impact on Society
A computer special case states that most of the time, and under most conditions, computer operations are invisible.
Invisibility Factor
Moor identifies three kinds of invisibility that can have ethical significance:
Invisible abuse
Invisible Programming Values
Invisible Complex Calculation
An invisibility factor wherein there is an intentional use of the invisible operations of a computer to engage in unethical conduct
Invisible Abuse
An invisibility factor that are values which are embedded into a computer proram
Invisible Programming Values
An invisibility factor that states that computers today perform calculations which are too complex for human inspection and understanding.
Invisible Complex Calculations
The Three Levels of Computer Ethics
pop
para
theoretical
Level of computer ethics that include Newspapers, magazines and TV news programs have engaged increasingly in computer ethics of this sort.
Pop Computer Ethics
The second level of computer ethics that includes someone who takes a special interest in computer ethics cases, collect examples, clarifies them, looks for similarities and differences, reads related works, attends relevant events, and so on
Para Computer Ethics
The second level of computer ethics that applies scholarly theories to computer ethics cases and concepts.
They would be able not only to identify, clarify, compare and contrast computer ethics cases; she or he could also apply theories and tools from philosophy, social science or law in order to deepen our understanding of the issues.
Theoretical Computer Ethics
