Remote Controlled Drone Services in Australia Ethical Issues

This report examines the ethical issues associated with remote-controlled drone services in Australia. It identifies three key ethical concerns: recreational drone use, commercial applications, and military/defense purposes. The report analyzes the stakeholders involved in each issue, including event planning groups, IT hubs, government bodies, scientific labs, non-government organizations, and terrorist groups, assessing their ethical viewpoints based on seven ethical principles. It also provides self-perceptions of stakeholders regarding these issues. Furthermore, the report reviews ethical codes from various organizations like ACS, ACM, IEEE, and PMI, relevant to drone technology. The analysis highlights potential conflicts and offers insights into ethical considerations for drone services, providing a comprehensive overview of ethical challenges and potential solutions in the context of drone technology in Australia.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
Stake Holder Ethics................................................................................................................2
Three ethical issues associated with the use of drones.......................................................2
Two stakeholders associated with each of the three mentioned Ethical issues..................3
Ethical view of each of the stakeholders as per the 7 Ethical Principles............................3
Self-perception about the ethical view of each of the stakeholders as per the 7 Ethical
Principles............................................................................................................................5
International Code of Ethics...................................................................................................8
Australian Computer Society Codes of Ethics on automated drones.................................8
Association for Computer Machinery Codes of Ethics on automated drones....................8
Project Management Institute Codes of Ethics on automated drones................................8
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Codes of Ethics on automated drones...9
British Computer Society Codes of Ethics on automated drones.......................................9
Computer Society of India Codes of Ethics on automated drones...................................10
Institute of IT Professionals New Zealand Codes of Ethics on automated drones...........10
Conclusion................................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
This report aims to discuss about the ethical issues that may creep into the project
concerned with the design of the remote controlled drones for the purpose of accomplishment
of the national interest of Australia. Thorough research has been performed on the concerned
project and then the addressed ethical issues have been identified. The report includes the
ethics of the stakeholders based on the three ethical issues that may evoke in due course of
time. This report further discusses about the stakeholders in regards to the ethical issues in
brief. Apart from that this report also incorporates the ethical view of the stakeholders from a
generalised perspective point of view abiding by the 7 principles of ethics. Next, the report
also summarizes about the reflective view in regards to the ethical issues in alignment to the 7
principles of ethics. This report also accommodates the ethical codes of conduct by the IEEE,
ACS, ACM, IITP and CSIC.
Discussion
Stake Holder Ethics
Three ethical issues associated with the use of drones
Ethical Issue 1
The drones utilized for the purpose of recreational activities is subjected to have
harnessed ethical issues in the way of its execution of recreational activities. The ethical
issues evoke owing to the fact that the remote control for the purpose of controlling the drone
lies in the hand of the user. Therefore, the behaviour of the drone is entirely dependent on the
outlook of the person in charge of the drone.

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Ethical Issue 1
Next comes the scenario of the drones utilized for the commercial purposes executing
the commercial activities of locating a particular object or person. The ethical issues in this
scenario is intervening in the personal space of certain personalities by tracking his position
facilitated by the tracking of the location of the targeted person. In due course of this, the
personal room of the concerned person undergoes an exposure to the public, depending on
the outlook of the person in charge of the drone (Olsen 2017).
Ethical Issue 1
Finally comes the scenario of the military based drones fetching the defence interests.
Ethical issues made their entrain in this regard, owing to the breach of security witnessed by
certain organization in due course of the execution of the defence purpose serving the
national interest, exhibited b these categories of drones.
Two stakeholders associated with each of the three mentioned Ethical issues
Stakeholders for the Recreational Drones
Stakeholder 1: The primary stakeholder is the EPG or the event planning group of Australia
who are keen to deliver recreation based services exhibited by the implementation of the
recreational drones fetching the sole objective of entertaining the citizens of Australia.
Stakeholder 2: The tertiary stakeholder is the eminent scientific laboratories of Australia
deploying the recreational drones fetching the sole objective of rendering immense recreation
to the Australian citizens through the execution of recreation-based activities exhibited by
these competent drones.

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Stakeholders for the commercial drones
Stakeholder 1: The primary stakeholder in this regard are the gigantic Australian IT hubs
that critically deploys the commercial drones for the portraying of their excellence in regards
to scientific technologies (Joseph et al. 2016).
Stakeholders 2: The tertiary stakeholders in this regard are the non-government
organizations of Australia who aspire to exercise their expertise in the domain of
technological advancement through the deployment of commercial drones fetching the
commercial activities undertaken by them.
Stakeholders for the defence drones
Stakeholder 1: The primary stakeholder in this regard that deserves special mention are the
government body of the Australia for the purpose of ensuring the security of the Australian
citizens by monitoring the activities of the internal and external predators exhibited by the
defence based drones.
Stakeholder 2: The tertiary stakeholders are the terrorist organizations of Australia who find
interest in this domain owing to the outlook of monitoring the defence activities of the
Australian government and accordingly develop their potentials to restructure their
operational activities in accordance to the technical strength of the Australian Government
(Bertrand 2018). In due course of this they will be successfully executing their criminal
activities.
Ethical view of each of the stakeholders as per the 7 Ethical Principles
Category of drones Stake holder 1 Ethical Issues
Recreational drones Event Planning Group Abiding by the 7 principles
of ethics, the ethical issues
are witnessed owing to the
fact that the recreational

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drones deployed for the
purpose of rendering
recreational activities, often
are involved in the gaining
of the personal information
of an individual and in due
course of this exposes the
personal arena of that
individual to the common
forum (Bertrand 2018).
Commercial Drones IT HUBS The ethical issues addressed
in this regard are collecting
information about the
infrastructure of the other
rival organizations and in
due course of this procedure
successfully adopts the
business protocols of the
rival groups through proper
monitoring facilitated by
these commercial drones.
Defence Drones Australian Government The identified ethical issues
in this regard that has been
harnessed in due course of
execution of the monitoring

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the suspicious activities for
the national interest, is
intrusion in the personal
space of many innocent
individuals who are
considered to be anti-
government by mere suspect
ion (Badruddin 2016).
Category of drones Stake holder 2 Ethical Issues
Recreational drones Eminent scientific labs of
Australia
Ethical issues in this regard
are unauthorized intervene
in the restricted arena of
other rival labs for the
conquest of attainment of
supremacy in the domain of
technological advancement
(Badruddin 2016).
Commercial Drones Non-government
organizations
The addressed ethical
concerns in this regard is the
monitoring of the transition
of an individual in regards to
relocation. This is breach of
ethical rights as this is

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confidential for an
individual.
Defence Drones Australian Terrorist Groups The ethical issues in this
case is gaining knowledge
about the ongoing projects
of the government in regards
to defence purpose for
rendering security to the
nation (Bertrand 2016). The
gaining of knowledge about
the implemented
technologies of the
government would
eventually equip the terrorist
group0s to successfully
execute their malpractices.
Self-perception
about the ethical
view of each of the
stakeholders as per
the 7 Ethical
Principles
Category of drones Stake holder 1 Ethical issues self-
perception
Recreational drones Event Planning Group The addressed
ethical issues in
this regard is the
unauthorized
intervene in the
personal room of
the citizens in
majority of the
scenarios
(Bertrand 2016).
Commercial Drones IT HUBS The addressed and
highlighted ethical
issues that may
creep into the
system is the
unauthorized
trespassing into the
IT prospectus of
the rival
organizations
resulting in the
copyright of
business strategies.
Defence Drones Australian
Government
The concerned
ethical issues are
the hindrances in
the personal arenas
of the suspected
individuals who

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Category of drones Stake holder 2 Ethical issues self-
perception
Recreational drones Eminent scientific labs
of Australia
The highlighted
ethical issues are
the breach of the
confidential
information of the
rival labs through
the collection of
the blue prints of
the technologies in
use by the
concerned lab,
successfully
executed by the
drones (Bertrand
2016).
Commercial Drones Non-government
organizations
The ethical issues
are participation in
the personal and
professional arena
of other

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individuals and
organizations that
deserve mention in
regards to the
addressed domain.
Defence Drones Australian Terrorist
Groups
Ethical issues in
this regard that
deserves mention
are the gaining of
unauthorized
access over the
restricted zones of
the government
bodies ensuring
security to the
nation (Spencer
2017). In due
course of this
proceudure, they
become aware
about the
technological
advancement of
the government
and prepare

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themselves
accordingly to
render hindrance
in the way of
execution of the
services designed
specifically to
serve the purpose
of national
interest.
International Code of Ethics
Australian Computer Society Codes of Ethics on automated drones
As per the code of ethics by the Australian Computer society, the following ethical
codes are :
 The public interests are needed to be bestowed with the sole priority and
accordingly in the module of hierarchy the must gain supremacy, succeeded
by the corresponding interests in regards to the business, personal or sectional
interests (Kovac 2018).
 Enhancement is required in terms of quality that would eventually impact the
workflow either directly or in an indirect manner.

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 The purpose of designing the drones needs to be unbiased free from any sorts
of conflicts. For the purpose of fetching this requirement, there is the utter
necessity of honesty to be present within the infrastructure including the
aspects like knowledge, skills and products.
 In the event of performing with the stakeholders, competency is a prerequisite.
 Development and up gradation is aspired to be harnessed in terms of
technological advancement.
Association for Computer Machinery Codes of Ethics on automated drones
From the perspective point of view of the code of ethics by the Association of
Computer Machinery Codes, the following codes are depicted in the subsequent section:
 There needs to be active and passive modes of contribution for the well-being
of the citizens, social upliftment. All the participants are required to be
considered as the stakeholders in the way of execution of the computational
activities (Brinkman et al. 2016).
 Special focus needs to be forecasted on the arena of ensuring safety of the
individuals and there needs to be the harmless aptitude for the users and the
designers of the drones.
 The other prerequisites are trust and honesty that needs to be acquired in due
course of the successful execution of this entire procedure.
 The entire methodology and the technologies employed for the purpose of
designing the drones should be free from the act of performance of
discrimination in regards to the social practices.
Project Management Institute Codes of Ethics on automated drones
The corresponding codes of ethics are summarized below: