Ethics, Sustainability, and Social Impact

Ethics Sustainability
and Social Impact

Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................................................................................4
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................4
Task A Ethics in information technology.......................................................................................4
1.Should law enforcement agencies be allowed unrestricted access to such complete and
intrusive information on people’s lives?....................................................................................4
2.What would be the worst-case scenario you could personally imagine in regard to
unrestricted access to the digital communications of the general population?..........................4
3.Should we afford data stored in private email accounts as much protection as letters in a
locked desk drawer, that is, stored where law enforcement agencies would otherwise need a
warrant to access and review the documents?............................................................................5
4.Describe which ethical principles are most relevant to information technology. Support
each of them with an example in relation to IT..........................................................................6
5.What are the arguments as to why closing the digital divide is important?............................6
Task B Ethical issues in international business...............................................................................7
1.With examples, identify which ethical principles are most relevant to international business.
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2.What were the research methods and were they sound?.........................................................7
3.What are the key messages?....................................................................................................8
4. What were the research methods and were they sound?........................................................8
5.What are the key messages?....................................................................................................8
6. Are there any common observations to be made from both reports?.....................................9
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References.....................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
In the era of technology computers and IT's are used by every individual and every part
of the world. Ethics in IT sector aimed to construct tools that can be applied in overall system
for development and use them in considerably ethical aspects (Alshehhi and et. al., 2018).
However, IT tool now affecting sensitivity of data that have direct impact on its effectiveness
and changing the user experience. Ethics are the moral philosophy which guide the path of an
individual whether to do good or bad defining by own discipline . Ethics deal with every
question at all level in decision making since, its the principle value. The report is based on
Ethics and its use in information technology and issues while engage international business.
Main Body
Task A Ethics in information technology
1.Should law enforcement agencies be allowed unrestricted access to such complete and
intrusive information on people’s lives?
There should be no provided right to access any personal information of individual. Whether it
is law enforcement body as against the case of NSA where they have used private informations
which create anger among the internet user as they feel watched every time. There should be
some guidelines that ensure such acts require proper permission from the holder of the data.
There should be respect for private life of every individual (Mani and et. al., 2016). However in
saying from agents that using data and metadata to have surveillance over people to protect any
misuse of digital power thus needed access on data is not proper solution to avoid crime. It is
nothing but risking the personal lives of innocent individual where Government officials can't
provide guarantee of protection of those lives of people who have not provided their consent on
it (Warner, 2013).
2.What would be the worst-case scenario you could personally imagine in regard to unrestricted
access to the digital communications of the general population?
Different worst case scenarios can be imagined and possibly they could be real
happening and can effect the life of people and so many loss they face due to them (Costa and
Pesci, 2016). Some of the case can be like Spoofing. It is a now becoming a popular IT forgery
term which means unauthorized party can access to any restricted web address,. It serve the