Ethics is one of the important parts in our life. Lot of ethics have been introduce to protect our rights from intrude by other people.
Do you know what computer ethics is? Computer ethics is moral guidelines that govern the use of computers, networks, and information systems. These are the ethics that I want to share with all of you.
1. Ethics and the information age.
This included;
• Privacy Laws
• Information privacy
• Phishing
• Spam
• Copyright laws
• Employee and student monitoring
2. Internet ethics and objectionable materials.
There are three categories of objectionable material which is pornographic material, racist literature/gambling, and incorrect or inappropriate material (inaccurate information). There are several ways to control ethics in ICT. That is;
• Recent government actions
~ Children Internet Protection act
• Parental Controls
~ Rating systems- ICRA
~ Filtering software programs
~ Filtering software
~ Check internet browser’s history
• Education controls
~Acceptable Use Policies (AUP)
~ Curriculum pages
~ Teacher observation
Related link:
1. Cyber Security Malaysia
2. Ethics of ICT
