Information Systems Review

Privacy and Ethics * Ethics- principles of right and wrong that indv, acting as free moral agents, use to make choices to guide their behaviors * Info sys raise new ethical questions bc they create opportunities for: intense social change, threatening existing distributions of power, money, rights, and obligations; new kinds of crime * Tech trends that raise ethical issues: * Doubling of computer power: more orgs depend on comp sys for critical operations * Rapidly declining data storage costs: orgs can easily maintain detailed databases on indvs * Networking advances and the internet: copying data from one location to another and accessing personal data from remote locations is much easier * Advances in data analysis techniques: companies can analyze vast quantities of data gathered on individuals for: profiling (combing data from multiple sources to get more info on a person) & nonobvious relationship awareness NORA (combing data from multiples sources to find obscure hidden connections that could help identify criminals or terrorists) * Privacy- claim of indv to be left alone, free from surveillance or interference from other indv, orgs, or state. Claim to be able to control info about yourself * FIP Principles: Fair Info Practice- based on mutuality of interest btwn record holder and individual * 1. Notice/awareness * 2. Choice/consent * 3. Access/participation * 4. Integrity/security * 5. Enforcement * Digital divide- the gap between people and countries who have opportunity and skills enabling them to benefit from digital resources, esp. the internet, and those who do not have these opportunities * Intellectual property- intangible property of any kind created by indvs or corps * Three main ways that protect IP: * Copyright- statutory grant protecting intellectual property from being copied for the life of the author, plus 70 years