MIS 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Acceptable Use Policy, Digital Rights Management, Keystroke Logging

• School: DePaul University
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 140
• Professor: Kanter Howard

Document Summary

Ethics: the principles and standards that guide out behavior toward other people. Information ethics: govern the ethical and moral issues arising from the development and use of information, technologies, as well as the creation, collection, duplication, distribution, and processing of information itself. 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. Confidentiality: the assurance that messages and information are available only to those who are authorized to view them. Individuals form the only ethical component of mis. Search organizational databases for sensitive and personal information. Individuals hack into computer systems to steal information. Acting ethically and legally are not always the same. Information does not care how it is used, it will not stop itself from sending spam, viruses, or highly-sensitive information. Organizations strive to build a corporate culture based on ethical principles that employees can understand and implement.