Students and Sensors: Data, education, privacy, and research

SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY
Students and Sensors: Data, education, privacy, and research
Assignment 3: Applying Ethical Theory
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Students and Sensors: Data, education, privacy, and research
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Utilitarianism theory........................................................................................................................1
Deontology theory...........................................................................................................................2
Virtue theory....................................................................................................................................3
Contract theory................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................5
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Students and Sensors: Data, education, privacy, and research
Introduction
The discussion will be made on University of Arizona by focusing on the ethical
implications that can help to gather the data in context to the students for the overall research.
The risks are also related with the ethical principles that help to maintain the risk related with the
cyber-attacks. The University of Arizona has given Cat Cards to the students as it can help the
students to enter into the campus. The overall data which is gathered by the university helps to
retain the students in the college so that they can contact the students in the next year. The data
which is collected by the college have the information of the students.
The information consists of the data of friends and also hangout places. It has been seen
that when the research date is given then university also focuses on the information which is
anonymous and also the private data can be given to the academic advisers concerned with the
students. It has been seen that university is focusing on creating Wifi Hubs so that it can be easy
to maintain the information privacy. It will also assist to focus on achieving proper results which
will help to maintain the overall data collection. The data is gathered by the university when the
students take admission in the campus and it is maintained by the university for long time (Blue,
2018).
By considering the information collection process, it has been seen that there are many
students who have no knowledge and the university also do not provide option in context to this.
The discussion that will be made in this paper is related to whether it is ethical to collect the data
about the students or it is necessary to consider privacy and issues related with security. Also the
focus will be given on the theories which are Utilitarianism, deontology, virtue and contract
theories so that it can be easy to maintain the ethical dilemma.
Utilitarianism theory
This theory focuses on the particular part related to normative ethical concepts which
assist to focus on the morality of the specific situation which is also concerned with the
consequences. The emphasis of this concept helps the people and entities to consider the greater
good of the number of people (Attfield, 2015). Also the focus on the theory can be given by
considering the consequences which are related with the situation and also it determines that it is
ethical or not. The university has the objective to collect the data of the students so that it can be
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