ITM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: American Bar Association, American Medical Association, Categorical Imperative

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Abbas Kermanti

Document Summary

Golden rules: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Immanuel kent"s categorical imperative: if an action is not right for everyone to take, it is not right for anyone. Descartes" rule of change: if an action cannot be taken repeatedly, it is not right to take at all. Utilitarian principle: take the action that achieves the higher or greater value. Risk aversion principle: take the action that produces the least harm or potential cost. Ethical no free lunch rule: assume that virtually all tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone unless there is a specific declaration otherwise. Promogulated by associations of professionals: american medical association, american bar association, association for computing machinery. Computing power doubles every 18 months: critical operations are done on computer systems. Data storage costs rapidly decline: detailed databases on individuals are easily maintained. Data analysis advances: develop detailed profiles of individual behavior. Networking advances: access personal data remotely.