Chapter 4 - Learning Objective 1

Ethical, social, and political issues in information systems

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1. Chapter 4 : Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems Management Information System Erny Arniza Ahmad Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Kedah
2. Ethics In An Information Society What specific principles for conduct can be used to guide ethical decisions? Ethical And Social Issues Related To Systems Learning Objective #1 2 What ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems? Why do contemporary information systems technology and the Internet pose challenges to the protection of individual privacy and intellectual property? How have information systems affected everyday life? The Moral Dimensions Of Information Systems
3. Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems 3
4. Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems Principles of right and wrong that individuals, acting as free moral agents, use to make choices to guide their behaviors ETHICS
5. Information Systems and Ethics 5 • Because they create opportunities for intense social change, and thus threaten existing distributions of power, money, rights, and obligations. Information systems raise new ethical questions for both individuals and societies New crime internet and ecommerce accountability standards values and institutions
6. Ethical, Social, and Political Issues Model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s_xRqH044w A model for thinking about ethical, social, and political Issues Society as a calm pond IT as rock dropped in pond, creating ripples of new situations not covered by old rules Social and political institutions cannot respond overnight to these ripples It may take years to develop etiquette, expectations, laws Requires understanding of ethics to make choices in legally gray areas
7. The Relationship Among Ethical, Social, Political Issues In An Information Society
8. Five Moral Dimensions Of The Information Age Information rights and obligations Property rights and obligations Accountability and control System quality Quality of life
9. Tracking of individual cell phones Nonobvious relationship awareness (NORA) - Combining data from multiple sources to find obscure hidden connections that might help identify criminals or terrorists Profiling - Combining data from multiple sources to create dossiers of detailed information on individuals Copying data from one location to another and accessing personal data from remote locations are much easier. More organizations depend on computer systems for critical operations. Key Technology Trends That Raise Ethical Issues 9 Organizations can easily maintain detailed databases on individuals. Key technology trends Doubling of computer power Rapidly declining data storage costs Networking advances and the Internet Advances in data analysis techniques Mobile device growth
10. Nonobvious Relationship Awareness (NORA)
11. Point 4.1 11 Technological trends are posing new situations and questions we haven’t had to deal with before. As it’s your world and your future, you should be concerned and become involved in their resolution.
12. Reference Kenneth C. Laudon And Jane P. Laudon, Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm, 14th edition (Global Edition), Pearson Prentice Hall, 2016. 12