Ethical Principles for IT Professionals
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Running head: IT PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIETYIT Professional and SocietyName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note:
1IT PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIETYTable of ContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................2Discussion...................................................................................................................................................2IT Ethics..................................................................................................................................................2Ethical Responsibilities...........................................................................................................................2Codes of Conduct....................................................................................................................................3Stakeholders............................................................................................................................................3Cross Cultural Issues...............................................................................................................................4Organizational Responsibilities of IT Professionals................................................................................4Types of IT Roles....................................................................................................................................5ACS Code of Professional Conduct.........................................................................................................5Corporate Social Responsibility..............................................................................................................5Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................6References...................................................................................................................................................7
2IT PROFESSIONAL AND SOCIETYIntroductionEthics are the certain and specific rules and regulations of conduct that are recognized andidentified with respect to a specific class of human activities or a specific group or culture (Fredericksonand Rohr 2015). I have learnt from the presentations and tutorials that ethics are the right and the correctthing to be done by social system. We often face several societal or peer disapproval while followingethical ways. However, morals are certain habits or principles with respect to the correct or wrongconducts (Dolgoff, Harrington and Loewenberg 2012). According to Professor Kimberly Blackerby,morals can be defined as the procedure of the working of moral with respect to an individual’s principlesand ideals. When a person is involved in wrong deeds, I can clearly say that he is morally wrong. Fromthe presentation on information technology ethics and morals, I have learnt the information technologyprofessionals or the IT professionals should be ethically and morally correct in their work place, so thatthey do not take any wrong route for their success in the organization.The following report outlines the basic concept of ethics and morality, especially in the sector ofinformation technology. I have understood clearly that IT ethics is extremely important for the IT sector.The report that I have provided is a reflection of the presentations of Professor Kimberly Blackerby(Frankfurt 2013). The report given by me understand the social impact of information technology and thesocial responsibility of IT professionals, critically review the IT profession’s Codes of Ethics and Codesof Conduct, and develop a personal ethical framework, and to understand the role of the IT professionaland the legal and moral responsibility they have to that profession and society. DiscussionIT EthicsThe word Ethics is derived from a Greek word “ethos”. The word ethos has the meaning of habit,custom and the distinct way of living (Eshleman 2014). In simple words, ethics can be defined as thepractice or the discipline to apply value to the behavior of human beings. This results into reasonableconduct. It is a specific branch of ethics, which deals with the relation between the organization andutilization of information with various moral codes and ethical standards. I have learnt from the tutorialsand the presentations that IT ethics or information technology ethics can be defined as the application ofthe four classical principles of ethics for the utilization of the computer technology (Otim et al., 2012).There are several ethical problems that are related to IT. The first problem is the privacy. I haveunderstood that this privacy problem occurs whenever there is lack of security. Moreover, I have alsoknown that other IT related problem include the physical addresses and the properties of IP (Venkatesh,Thong and Xu 2012). The illegal access to the computers, the interference of the systems without thepermission of the user, misuse of the devices and electrical fraud are also considered as ethical problemsin information technology sector. Ethical ResponsibilitiesI have learnt from my tutorials and presentations that ethical responsibilities are the certain dutiesthat an individual should follow in his/her life. He/she should be on the correct path for achieving theirgoals and objectives in life (Bošnjak and Marušić 2012). Moreover, he has various responsibilitiestowards his family, friends and acquaintances. These social responsibilities should also be ethical and arealso claimed as ethical responsibilities. From the tutorials and presentations, I got to know that the ethicalresponsibilities can be at various levels like the professional level, work level and business level. Anindividual should be ethically and morally correct while performing all the ethical and moralresponsibilities at these several levels. Again the ethical responsibilities are also dependent on the codesof ethics and codes of conduct in several organizations (Maryniak 2012). These ethical conducts help in
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