Ethics in Information Technology and Business - Reflective Journal

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Ethics in Information technology and business
Ethics require to makes a business successful. Ethics are used in decision-making in
business as well. Information Technology (IT) is playing a key role in the growth and
success of an organization ( Matteo & Floridi, 2009). In addition, IT-services are also
requiring ethics to work properly. I learnt about freedom of expression from week
five. I had a good experience form week five and I had updated my knowledge
about the protection of freedom of expression in the United States. I also learnt
about a few laws, which are not protected different types of expressions.
According to (Andrijcic & Horowitz, 2016), Intellectual properties should be
protected from cyber-attacks and organizations must find out vulnerabilities based
on the framework of cybersecurity. It is a right to protect personal creation online,
such as online content, speech at social media, and many others. Therefore, users
should have proper rights on their content legally, as they can register that content
as intellectual property of them (Goldmann, 2010).
I learnt from week six about intellectual property. It is necessary to develop such
type of knowledge, which is useful for my professional career in future. Information
Technology requires ethics in business as well as other processes (Jin, et al., 2007). I
learnt about the different issues, which was associated with the protection of IP,
such as freedom of speech at social media and others.
I learnt about potential ethical issues faces by software manufacturers, such as
project costs, software quality, trade-offs between project schedules from week
seven study. It is a responsibility of software developer that they should provide
high-quality software systems to their clients. They are responsible for software
defect, as they already tested that software and then provide to the client.
Therefore, the software must meet the needs of their customers. Quality is also a
big factor in front of the developer. They should follow ethics and provide quality of
products to their customers (Wright, 2011).
According to (Reynolds, 2011), ethics are also necessary for IT, as most of the
business is based on the internet and software. As an IT professional, I must know
about the ethics in IT to manage the different critical situation at my workplace.