ISYS111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Common Good, Informed Consent, Social Network
Document Summary
Principles of right and wrong used to guide choices. Utilitarian approach: the most good or does the least harm. Rights approach: best protects and respects the moral rights of the affected party. Fairness approach: treats all humans equally, or if unequally, then fairly. Common good approach: best serves the whole community. Involves collecting, storing and spread information about individuals. Who should have access, and whether they should pay for it. The right to be left alone and to be free of unreasonable, personal intrusions. The protectio(cid:374) of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)dividual s perso(cid:374)al i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) Privacy act, regulates the use of personal information. Freedom of information, right to access government information. Tracking activities, online or offline with computers. Guidelines with respect to protecting the privacy of customers, clients and employees. Opt-out model: permitted to collect personal information until the customer specifically requests that the data not be collected.