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Basically stating right from wrong. Note commiting crimes over the internet. For instance stealing bank information and things like spamming now are forms of computer ethics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
Gregory Wagner
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Computer Ethics is a branch of practical philosophy which deals with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Margaret Anne Pierce, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University has categorized the ethical decisions related to computer technology and usage into 3 primary influences:
1. The individual's own personal code.
2. any informal code of ethical behavior that exists in the work place.
3. exposure to formal codes of ethics
My summarization of computer ethics is that they are good
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
The Hacker's Ethics
The idea of a "hacker ethic" is perhaps best formulated in Steven Levy's 1984 book, Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution. Levy came up with six tenets:
1.Access to computers - and anything which might teach you omething about the way the world works - should be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On imperative!
2.All information should be free.
3.Mistrust authority - promote decentralization.
4.Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degress, age, race, or position.
5.You can create art and beauty on a computer.
6.Computers can change your life for the better.
My point is that everyone has right an wrong views of things done, i just depends on whos eyes your looking through...
http://project.cyberpunk.ru/idb/hacker_ethics.html
Rob Jones
I agree that commiting crimes over internet is wrong. Stealing anything that not yours is wrong.Use your own information is the only right thing.
Earl M. Bobb
As everyone knows, computer use has become a way of life for many of us. We use them for socializing, school work, communication and personal finance. Unfortunately as computer use increases, so does the need for some people to blatantly try to steal our personal information and in some cases their lives. We are continually bombarded with virus's, trojans, worms, spyware and adware. All designed to steal information so that some one else can take money from some one who earned it the legal way,by working for it.The sad part is, they know right from wrong but choose what is wrong because as human beings they have no moral ethics, no respect for privacy and are totaly untrustworthy. The source for this blog are my own personal thought and feelings.
Susan Cain
Upon researching , I found what I belive are great practices for
computer ethics brought about in the form of ten commandments.
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR COMPUTER ETHICS
1.
Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
2.
Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work.
3.
Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's files.
4.
Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
5.
Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
6.
Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid.
7.
Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization.
8.
Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output.
9.
Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write.
10.
Thou shalt use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.
http://www.tekmom.com/tencommand/index.html
Norbert Wiener put the foundation of computer ethics into three different books. He understood the concepts shared between computers and human beings and how we as people can manipulate computers to our advantage, whether that being good or bad. Some topics that Wiener wrote about were:
• Computers and security
• Computers and unemployment
• Information networks and globalization
And those were just a few. He called all of his applied science Cybernetics and he adopted the ethical concept “great principles of justice.” Which he felt all societies ought to follow.
Walter Maner was the next person to realize that when there are issues with other ethics and computers come into the equations the issues become a lot more complex. Maner said “ computers actually generated wholly new ethics problems that would not have existed if computers had not been invented.” Maner came up with the Starter Kit to inform people throughout of these computer ethics.
Walter Maner knew nothing of Norbert Wieners concepts.
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-computer/#FouComInfEth
The IEEE Code of Ethics sets a standard for the ethical conduct of its members. It pertains mostly to the handling of technology and the conduct of developers and researchers in the technology industry. The IEEE is the world's largest professional association for the advancement of technology.
http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html
-Joshua Tryon
A persons computer ethics is the philosophy of how a computing professional should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. Margaret Anne Pierce in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University categorizes ethical decisions related to computers and usage into 3 influences:
1. The individual's own personal code.
2. Any informal code of ethical behavior that exists in the work place.
3. Exposure to formal codes of ethics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_ethics
Ben Ayers
Information and communication technology (ICT) has affected — in both good ways and bad ways — community life, family life, human relationships, education, careers, freedom, and democracy.
url:http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-computer/
Ethics is a set of moral principles that determines the behavior of groups or individuals. Computer ethics is similar in that it a set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers. This includes many things such as copyright infringements, privacy,
Seven essential ethics for personal computing include
1. Honesty
2. Respect
3. Confidentiality
4. Professionalism
5. Responsibility
6. Communication
7. Obeying the law
And as written by the Computer Ethics Institute
1.Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people.
2.Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work.
3.Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's computer files.
4.Thou shalt not use a computer to steal.
5.Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness.
6.Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid.
7.Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization or proper compensation.
8.Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output.
9.Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing.
10.Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that ensure consideration and respect for your fellow humans.
http://www.techterms.com/definition/computerethics
http://www.bgsu.edu/downloads/cio/file17752.pdf
http://cpsr.org/issues/ethics/cei/
Retta Kasper
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