ENGR9742 Assessment 3: Analyzing Ethical Challenges & Security in IT

This report identifies ethical challenges and security issues in information technology, focusing on key areas like computer crime, intellectual property, software privacy, copyright infringement, job displacement, and the digital divide. It addresses the increasing investment in unethical practices related to IT and emphasizes the importance of adhering to ethical codes. The report also examines security concerns in multiplayer online gaming, including hacking and account hijacking, referencing studies on cyber security and internet gaming regulation. Solutions to ethical issues include using network monitoring tools and diagnosing problems using the open system interconnection model. The document further discusses secrecy, security, intellectual property, and electronic monitoring as critical issues for IT managers, providing a comprehensive overview of ethical and security considerations in the digital age, all available for review and download on Desklib.

Ethical issues in information technology
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Ethical issues
Aim: Identification of ethical challenges and social issues in information technology. Ethical issues are
affecting businesses that are engaged in using information technology. The businesses face ethical dilemmas
when they need to utilize technologies.
Problem statement: The information technology is facing ethical challenges and social issues.
The ethical issues in information technology are a threat if not adhered to in the organization. It is the role of
the IT department to ensure that the organization does not fall into such traps.
There are five ethical issues that are facing the information technology, which are: computer crime,
intellectual property, software privacy, copyright infringement, job displacement and digital divide.
Solution: The solution to the ethical issues is to use network monitoring tools where the procedure is to
diagnose the problem, open system interconnection model.

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