Computer Technology Ethics

Computer Technology Ethics

Ethics, Rules, and Laws Name:

In this assignment, you will become acquainted with ethics, rules, and laws as related to computers and information resources. Listen and watch, then answer the questions below.

• Open Microsoft Power Point. Open the file in the V: drive under Computer Technology and Ethics.

Getting Busy…

Play the slide show. Click through the various slides and links to find the information needed to answer the following questions:

A. What are ethics?

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B. What are ethics not?

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C. Where do ethics come from?

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D. What might follow an unethical choice?

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4. What other ideas do you have? ______

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E. What are rules? ______

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F. What happens if rules are violated? ______

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Click on the picture—if that doesn’t work, open the V: drive, go to Computer Tech, Ethics, and choose “Ethics Module.” Use the information on this page to answer the questions below.

G. From the reading on this website, why are computer ethics important? (1st paragraph)

H. What three categories of values are ethics based on?

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I. Give an example of something that is legal but not ethical? (not the example in the reading!)

K. COPYRIGHT

1. Define copyright.

2. What does “tangible” mean?

3. What does “work made for hire” mean? Who owns the copyright in this case?

4. What four places will you find the author’s name on a copyrighted material?

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5. Think about it: Have you ever done what Jill did in the given scenario? Did you know it was illegal?

L. SOFTWARE LICENSING

1. Define license agreement.

2. What is the interesting and little-known fact talked about in the second paragraph? ______

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4. List three of the tips given that most apply to you.

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M. PRIVACY

1. What is the difference between public and private information? ______

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2.  List and define the three types of inappropriate e-mail.

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Go back to the Power Point Presentation.

N. What are laws?

O. List the four types of license agreements and briefly define them, and give an example.

Type / Description / Example

P. What is the penalty for a first offense in software piracy?

Q. What are two things to do when citing intellectual sources?

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R. List a fact from the presentation about:

Vandalism:

Privacy:

S. Go to the internet and find an article that is related to one of these concepts. Copy it into Word and “clean it up.” Make sure to give credit to the author of the article! Write a half-page summary and opinion about the article. Do you agree? Disagree? Did you learn something new? Which does it apply to—rules, ethics, or laws? If laws, which law from above? (I want real articles here—you will lose points if your articles are not applicable or are ridiculous!)

Print the article and your summary. Try to make them both fit on one page! You can abridge the article if you need to. Include the URL if it is not visible on the article. Attach the article and summary to the back of this worksheet and turn in to the basket.