Ethical principles like trust, fairness, good behavior and kindness should guide computer use both personally and professionally. Organizations should protect data through security measures like backups and disaster recovery plans to prevent damage, loss or misuse. Intellectual property like copyrights and patents must also be respected, and illegal acts like software piracy or copyright infringement should be avoided. The document provides an overview of computer ethics issues both for personal conduct and organizational policies.

1. Computer Ethics William DeCotiis February 1, 2012

2. Ethical Principles Standards that promote trust , fairness , good behavior , and kindness Used as tools to help make ethical decisions S ociety Benefit P eople are an end F air

3. Netiquette Behavior Guidelines for Internet use Discussion Forums E-mail Instant Messages (IM) Text messages Chat rooms The Classroom

4. Computer Ethics in Organizations Personal misconduct Personal travel plans Personal e-mail Cyberstalking Facebook Code of Conducts

5. Computer Ethics for Organizations Protect data damage, loss, error, or misuse Disaster recovery plans security breaches or malfunctions Backup procedures Continuous backups

6. Intellectual Property “ property that results from original creative thought” = Idea Protection Copyright Patents Trademarks

7. Unethical and Illegal Plagiarism Copyright infringement Software Piracy Software copyright infringement File Sharing Copyright infringement Copyright infringement = Federal Offense

8. Are there any Questions?

9. Sources Slide 6: Dictionary.com < http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/intellectual+property >