ITM 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Privacy Policy, Trade Secret, P3P

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 100
• Professor: Deb Fels

Document Summary

Chapter 4 - social, ethical, and legal issues in information systems. 4. 1 - understanding social, legal, and ethical issues related to systems. Principles of right and wrong that individuals, acting as free moral agents, use to make choices to guide their behaviors. Failed ethical judgments by management have occurred across a broad spectrum of industries. Responsibility: accepting the potential costs, duties, and obligations for your decisions. Liability: permits individuals to recover damages done to them. Due process: laws are well known and understood, with an ability to appeal to higher authorities. Identify and clearly describe the facts: define the conflict or dilemma, and identify the higher-order values involved. Identify the options that you can reasonably take. Candidate ethical principles: golden rule: do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 4. 3 - the moral dimensions of information systems. Information rights: privacy and freedom in the internet age.