Chapter: Ethical Issues of Information and Business

Quote:

Businesses and the economic system they work in have an important influence on ethical issues arising from information and information and communication technology. This chapter aims at establishing a link between several sets of ethical discourses that concern similar topics. It offers an introduction to some of the current debates in business ethics and considers how information and technology influence the current topics and debates in the area. Drawing on some of the debates in computer and information ethics, the chapter points out areas where these two sets of discourses overlap and where they have the potential to inform each other.

What I expect to learn:

To determine the ethical issues of information and business

Review:                    

There are a lot of ethical issues in business where in information technology casts on like the previous chapter involving privacy. In any business, privacy is really important especially if you want your business to be a significant part of the industry, not just in it. Realizing that information technology does not revolve only around computers and cables is critical when trying to relate information technology in a business because it is more than just cables and ports but it is proposing the best possible system needed by the business to be placed ahead of its competitors.

What do I really mean by that? Based on what I have been learning for the last three years of education, a business proposal for information technology is one of the most beneficial and yet so complex process in software engineering. Before creating the project proposal, we need to conduct numerous interviews to the business’ stakeholders to truly understand what they want in their system and what needs to be taken out. Along with that is the pressure of thinking of a way on how to achieve the business’ goals and objectives without neglecting its norms and society’s concerns. I guess proposal is truly the toughest part of systems analysis because once you are done with that, then it is as good as implementation.

What I learned:

·         Ethical issues

·         APPROACHES TO ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS AND INFORMATION

·         The Concept of Business

·         Business Ethics

·         Shareholders and stakeholders

·         Shared Norms and Values

·         Corporate responsibility

·         Business Ethics and Computer Ethics

·         The Business Value of Information

·         MICROLEVEL INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS ON ETHICS AND INFORMATION

·         The Impact of Business on Privacy: Employee Surveillance

·         The Ethical Response to Employee Surveillance

·         The Impact of Business on Intellectual Property

·         The Ethical Response to Intellectual Property Protection

Integrative Questions:            

1.    What are the approaches to ethical issues in business and information?

2.    Explain the concept of business.

3.    Differentiate stakeholders and shareholders.

4.    Give at least two examples of corporate responsibility.

5.    What is the microlevel influence of business on ethics?