Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age

The management of public records and archives in the member countries of ESARBICA

“…It also instils discipline in the profession and ensures the professionalism and integrity of its members. 80 In that regard, the ICA drew up a Code of Ethics to guide the management of records by member institutions. Some countries such as South Africa have also formulated a code of ethics.…”

An on-line graduate degree in computers and society

“…Many computer ethics textbooks and periodicals cover topics in computers and society (Baase 2008, Kizza 2007, Rosenberg 2004, Spinello 2006) but their coverage is by necessity fairly brief. However, all of these topics, and others, have a wealth of material that can be studied in depth.…”

Privacy and ethical concerns in internet security

“…(Durlak, 2006) Kizza also mentions the basic violations of privacy, including intrusion (wrongful entry), misuse of information, interception of information and information matching. (Kizza, 1998) A company must safeguard again hacking and cracking of computer systems. Intrusion is a common computer crime.…”

“…Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Services Act (1999) -also called the Financial Modernization Act -requires financial institutions (lenders) to protect confidentiality of consumers -they must notify consumers of their confidentiality policy, limit disclosure to third parties and provide consumers the change to "opt out" from disclosures. (Kizza, 1998;EPIC, 2006;FTC, 2006;NIH, 2006) It would seem by this long list that individuals have many protections for privacy. In actuality, individual workers have very few privacy protections under the law.…”

“…If companies look at defining security as a "means to prevent unauthorized access, use, alteration, and theft or physical damage to property" as stated by Kizza (Kizza, 1998), they should also look at secondary areas of security -privacy and ethics. Kizza believes that confidentiality is one of the elements of security -that is the prevention of unauthorized disclosure of information to third parties.…”