Department of International Business Assignment 2022

Course code: IB-527
Department of International Business
Course name: Ethics and Social Responsibility of International Business
Assignment on:
“Ethics and Technology”
Submitted to:
Dr. Abul Khayer
Associate Professor
Department of International Business
University of Dhaka
Submitted by:
Milon Murmu
Roll: JN-030-093
Section: A
Batch: MBA 14th
Department of International Business
University of Dhaka
Date of Submission: October 13, 2022
i

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Ethics in Information Technology...................................................................................................2
Ethics in technology.......................................................................................................................4
Cheating on exams using Electronics device...............................................................................4
Identity theft.................................................................................................................................5
Robotics Replacing Man..............................................................................................................5
Artificial intelligence usage in medicine and diagnosis..............................................................5
Lawsuits due to Breaches in computer Usage.............................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9
ii

Introduction
Ethics, according to the Dictionary.com says “that branch of philosophy dealing with values
relating to human conduct, with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to
the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions.” In other word philosophical
meaning of right or wrong to determine the correct application of moral notices such as good and
bad or right or wrong. While there are many things to talk about ethics topics but simply contract
to specific topics “ethics in information technology”.
In different section Information Technology define by Information Technology Association of
America (ITAA) as “the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of
computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer
hardware.” In today world it has huge effect in the human life; everything that is done has been
done electronically such as making notes, report making, record of daily transaction etc. Not
only in business sector but in day-to-day life it has an adverse effect. Even in the government
sector almost all the thing is done by using technology. Even in the transportation, factory it is
being used.
Since it has developed so fast and drastically it is difficult to say that what and when changes
will happen in next technology is difficult to say. Even in terms of computer and machineries
things like mobile has gone smaller in size, has gone much faster, and in top of its internet has
make huge changes in IT.
1

Ethics in Information Technology
In the era of the Information Technology, IT has become one the life changing matter in
medicine, transportation, banking sector, government sector, security, research sector and so on.
Similarly, it has affected both direction in right and wrong in aspect of community life,
education, freedom, relationship, age, law and so on.
As a part of IT, Internet has made big impact in revolution of global communication. Internet has
opened the door for people to share lots of things such as find and share views in internet, find
much information in web. It has given the facility for online shopping, online grocery where
everything can be found, all we have to do is add in basket and pay after finishing shopping.
Now a day’s most of the bank has given online facilities so that one can manage their daily
transaction by sitting in a room. Due to this reason, it has gone so far that it has created conflict
in different cultural. From last couples of year’s e-dating has emerged so drastically in western
country, people with fake name and address are dating online. So many of the Muslim country
has banded the e-dating side. Pornography in the western and some of the eastern country has
become the business means but some the eastern country still doesn’t allow any pornography
websites in their country. So, in Western country there is no violation done by the e-dating and
pornography as long as it in law but in the Eastern country it is unacceptable and unethical.
As a responsibility of the social network, it is our duty to act ethical towards the workplace and
everyone knows that what right from wrong. There may be many people (users) to act
unethically and there is no one to stop these acts from them. There are many companies who kept
track the employees report, personal mail or work mail, or the uses of internet as its policy or to
secure any important files that may not be leak outside or to stop doing and side job or personal
business using company computer system. This is done by the company to shirk any employees
from any legal charge that may not be legal of their company, though there may be big issue
against the privacy. So, to overcome such issue all company have their own law and policies
against the unethical behavior in the workplace. So, each company having any electronic tracing
have to formed staff so that there may be balance in company ethical and privacy issue.
As on the privacy, some people collect some private information such as the name of person
address, contact address, email address, card details and so on sell this information to other
2