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Chapter 4
Ethical and Social Issues in
Information Systems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES CHAPTER OUTLINE
After reading this chapter, you 4.1 UNDERSTANDING ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
will be able to answer the RELATED TO SYSTEMS
following questions: A Model for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and
Political Issues
1. What ethical, social, and political Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age
issues are raised by information Key Technology Trends that Raise Ethical Issues
systems?
4.2 ETHICS IN AN INFORMATION SOCIETY
2. What specific principles for conduct Basic Concepts; Responsibility, Accountability,
can be used to guide ethical Liability
decisions? Ethical Analysis
Candidate Ethical Principles
3. Why do contemporary information Professional Codes of Conduct
systems technology and the Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas
Internet pose challenges to the
4.3 THE MORAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION
protection of individual privacy and
SYSTEMS
intellectual property?
Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the
4 . How have information systems Internet Age
affected everyday life? Property Rights: Intellectual Property
Accountability, Liability, and Control
System Quality: Data Quality and System Errors
Quality of Life; Equity, Access, and Boundaries
LEARNING TRACK MODULE
Developing a Corporate Code of Ethics for
Information Systems
Interactive Sessions:
Life on the Grid: iPhone
Becomes iTrack
Monitoring in the Workplace
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