| Topic |
Objectives |
| Laws, Codes of Ethical Conduct, and Personal Ethics |
- Distinguish between laws, codes of conduct, and ethical principles:
- Laws are passed by the government and enforced by the police
and courts
- Codes of conduct are provided by organizations
- Ethical principles are guidelines for choosing between morals
when they conflict
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| Laws |
- Define copyright - ownership of intellectual property.
- Identify the conditions of fair use:
- The purpose of the work
- The nature of the work
- The amount copied
- The effect on the market value of the work
- Identify copyright symbol and the three elements required of a copyright notice
- © symbol, name, year.
- Distinguish between public domain, freeware, and shareware:
- Public domain software - no restriction on copying
- Freeware - copyrighted but no charge for use
- Shareware - copyrighted but may be used for a limited time for
free
- Describe how cybersquatting affects trademarks - by using
another's trademark as a domain name, cybersquatting profit and
compromise the value of the trademark.
- Identify an example of a business method patent in computer software
- 1-Click ordering by Amazon.
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| Organizational Codes of Ethics |
- Identify the important ethical considerations at colleges, companies
and by computer professionals:
- Colleges care about plagiarism, cheating, and reputation
- Companies care about profits and law suits
- Computer professionals care about reputation
- Define plagiarism: using the work of someone else without informing the reader or viewer that the work is not original work of the purported author.
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| Personal Ethics |
- Identify principles used to make ethical decisions:
- If everyone acted the same way, society as a whole would
benefit
- Do not treat people as means to an end
- An impartial observer would judge that you have been fair to
all parties concerned
- Identify different points of view in ethical guidelines. List
of commandments, respect, opinion of others, and consideration of the customer.
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| Ethical Use of Computers |
- Name reasons that plagiarism and cheating are unethical and unwise:
- Plagiarism treats people as a means to an end
- Cheating shows lack of respect for oneself or others
- Describe ethical considerations at school when using software, computer labs,
and course packs and when making presentations:
- Software - consider what would happen if everyone bought
discount software for friends
- Labs - respect others
- Course packs and presentations - be fair to all parties
concerned
- Describe ethical considerations at work when using company
resources, intellectual property, and software:
- Resources: consider judgment by an impartial observer
- Intellectual property and software: respect others
- Describe ethical considerations when the company is acting
illegally or unethically:
- Consider what the community would think
- Respect yourself
- Describe ethical considerations when consuming entertainment
products, interacting socially, guiding and protecting children,
shopping, and installing software:
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Fairness to all parties
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Respect others.
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