ITM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Canadian Information Processing Society, Canadian Medical Association, Immanuel Kant

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 102
• Professor: Shikui Wu

Document Summary

Social, ethical and legal issues in the digital firms. More organizations depend on computer systems for critical operations. Organizations can easily maintain detailed databases on individuals. Companies can analyze large quantities of data gathered on individuals to develop detailed pro ts of individual behaviours. Cell phones may be tracked without user consent or knowledge. Employees use corporate it for personal use. 1: de ne con ict or dilemma and identify higher order values involved. Candidate ethical principles: golden rule > do unto others as you would have them do unto you. No free lunch rule > assume tangible and intangible objects are owned by someone else, unless there is a speci c declaration stating otherwise. Professional codes of conduct: promises by professionals to regulate themselves in the general interest of society, promulgated by associations such as the canadian medical association, canadian. Bar association, canadian information processing society and association of computing machinery.