YEAR 1 C01 WEEK 19 MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES Flashcards
What are Ethical issues?
They are factors that define set of moral values by which society functions
What are Moral issues?
Are factors that define how an individual acts and behaves by.
What are Environmental issues?
Energy
Disposal of E waste -contains carcinogenic and toxic components
What are cultural issues?
Factors that influence beliefs, attitudes and actions of people within society
Eg family,religion
What are social issues?
The growth in availability of affordable computing has caused a number of major shifts
Eg with access to home computers means more accessible info
What is the problem with accessibility of websites regarding disabled people?
- Sites with incompatible screen readers
- Text to hard to read
- Websites don’t allow access to non mouse users
- Over distracting layouts
What happened in 2008 to help improve web accessibility?
World Wide Web Consortium drew up guidelines which were later improved on in 2018
How do you improve accessibility?
- Using text alternatives for images
- Changing styles using CSS
- Avoiding combing colours
- certain fonts
- server side processing to amend contents
- screen readers
What is AI?
(Artificial intelligence) used for computer systems that are required to preform tasks Eg Siri
Why is AI bias?
Follows programming so if program bias then AI is bias
What are the negatives of AI?
- many jobs been taken over by computers
- jobs replaces by robots
- Computer based systems are attractive to employers due to not requiring pay and work 24/7
What are the positive impacts of AI?
- Likely to assist roles in jobs
Produce more skill full work force
What are work patters?
Working from home
Why do workers Like Work patterns?
More flexibility
More freedom
Save money
Why do Companies like work patterns?
Don’t have to provide office space ,heating etc
