ADM 2372 Lecture Notes - American Management Association, Copyright Infringement, Employee Monitoring
15 Apr 2012
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Chapter 9 information ethics, privacy, and security. Information technology would raise security questions because the information is accessible to everyone, competitors, internal users who are not authorized. It users online might collect (and sell) information about us while we are browsing the web, without our consent, or without us knowing which is a breach of privacy. They can find out many things about our tastes and preferences online by following our clickstream. Employers sometimes track what employees are doing on the office computers, or videotaping them to see how productive they are. They want to avoid lawsuits by protecting their assets and themselves. Issues affected by technology advances: ethics and new urgency: Counterfeit software: privacy is a major ethical issue. Privacy the right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal possessions, and not to be observed without your consent.
