SESSION 02: Sustainability in Information Technology Flashcards
What are the Cultural impact of IT decision?
- Social media platforms provide challenges such as digital cultural appropriation
- And also, Social media platforms facilitate worldwide collaboration and sharing of different cultural content.
- It can either bridge or widen the gap between those who have access to digital technologies and those who don’t. IT professionals should consider about ethics to manage this.
- They have to manage issues of privacy, identity and it’s important to follow ethical guideline and framework.
What are the Environment impact of IT decision?
- Producing hardware e-waste to the environment.
- While e-waste contains harmful substances including lead, mercury and cadmium, it is a serious risk to the environment.
- Manufacturing IT hardware involves..
resource extraction,
energy intensive processes,
and transportation..
contributing to carbon emissions and resource depletion. - Eco-friendly materials,
energy-efficient designs,
and responsible manufacturing processes..
are the main focuses of sustainable IT practices. - Reduce, reuse, and recycle - are the best way to manage e-waste.
What are the approaches to achieve sustainable IT involved in considering both cultural and environment impact?
- Policy and Regulations:
Establish standard for sustainable development in IT industry by ensuring responsible e-waste disposal practices,
and eco-friendly technologies. - Education and Awareness:
Improve awareness about sustainability by using training and education program. - Innovation and Design:
Doing continuous innovations to reduce resource consumption and waste generation and to produce environmentally friendly products. - Global collaboration:
International collaboration and partnership are important to address worldwide issues such as e waste.
What is e-waste?
Electronic waste, refers to discarded electronic devices and components,
like old computers, smartphones, TVs, and other gadgets.
What is IT organization policies?
Guidelines and regulations that control how IT resources are consumed, deployed, and managed inside an organization.
What are the importance of organizational policies?
- Legal and Compliance frameworks
- Risk management
- Resource allocation
- Ethical considerations
- Scalability and Flexibility
What is Economic Viability?
Describe a project that provide an overall positive net economic contribution to society..
after all costs and benefits have been accounted.
What are the facts that IT industries need to consider ensuring economic viability?
- Cost management
- Innovation and competitiveness
What is Resource consumption in IT operations?
Use of energy, water, materials, and human capital.
What is Energy consumption?
Use of energy in IT industry
What are the energy efficient practices of IT industry?
- Virtualization
- Use of renewable energy
What is material consumption?
Use of raw materials in IT industry
How to mitigate material consumption?
- Sustainable procurement
- Extended producer responsibility
- Circular economy principles
What are the Environmental impact of e-waste?
- Improper disposal of e-waste makes toxic metals like lead, mercury, and cadmium into the environment.
- These substances cause risk to humans, animals, water system, eco system, and food chain
- Release greenhouse gases and hazardous chemicals into the sky.
- Depletion of non-renewable resources, like gold, silver, and palladium.
What are the Social Impact of e-waste?
- Employ workers are works in hazardous conditions.
- Humans, children can be exposed to these toxic substances resulting neurological damage and cancer.
- The communities living near e-waste recycling sites suffer from contaminated air, water, and soil,
leading to widespread health issues. - Involves illegal shipment of e-waste labelled as “second-hand goods”.
