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   Ethical and Social Issues in the Digital Firm  
 
Case Study: “Attention Shoppers: Background Checks for Sale”
 
 
Section 5.1: Understanding Ethical and Social Issues Related to Systems
A Model for Thinking About Ethical, Social, and Political Issues
Five Moral Dimensions of the Information Age
Key Technology Trends That Raise Ethical Issues
 
 
Section 5.2: Ethics in an Information Society
Basic Concepts: Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability
Ethical Analysis
Professional Codes of Conduct
Some Real-World Ethical Dilemmas
 
 
Section 5.3: The Moral Dimensions of Information Systems
Information Rights: Privacy and Freedom in the Internet Age
Property Rights: Intellectual Property
Accountability, Liability, and Control
System Quality: Data Quality and System Errors
Window on Technology: When Software Kills: What Happened at Panama’s National Cancer Institute
Quality of Life: Equity, Access, and Boundaries
Window on Management: Can the Spamming Monster Be Tamed?
 
 
Section 5.4: Management Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
Opportunities
Management Challenges
Solution Guidelines
 
 
Learning Supplements
Make IT Your Business
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
Discussion Questions
Application Software Exercise: Word Processing and Web Page Development Tool Exercise: Creating a Simple Web Site
Dirt Bikes USA: Developing a Web Site Privacy Policy
Electronic Commerce Project: Using Internet Newsgroups for Online Market Research
Group Project: Developing a Corporate Ethics Code
Case Study: Security Versus Privacy: Does Terrorism Change the Debate?

 
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