Succeeding With Technology Chapter 12

Chapter 12
Digital Society, Ethics, and Globalization

Living Online Freedom of Speech Privacy Issues Ethics and Social Responsibility Globalization Conclusion
Please discontinue use of cell phone and turn off the ringer.
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Our Connected World

Technology supports an increasingly distributed workforce, where portions of product development may be accomplished in different parts of the world.
IBM employees coordinate teams of project workers from around the globe over highspeed network connections in the Global Services Network Center in Boulder, Colorado
Communications
Popular forms of communications have undergone dramatic changes over the past 25 years.
Living Online
Key Terms Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) Ergonomics
Computers and Community

Virtual space is the environment that exists in the mind rather than in physical space.
Navigating virtual space and real space simultaneously can lead to problems.
Computers and Community

A flash mob is organized via Internet and cell phone for the purpose of some public demonstration.
http://www.flashmob.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob
On a peaceful night, hundreds of people arrived seemingly out of nowhere to claim the street for a pillow fight.
Cell Phone Etiquette
Health Issues: Keeping a Balance

Balancing time spent in virtual space with time in real space can avoid health issues:
Carpel tunnel syndrome is the aggravation of the pathway for nerves that travel through the wrist. Excessive computer use can lead to stress, and addiction.
Using thumbs for typing for long stretches of time can lead to a repetitive stress injury that makes it painful to use your thumbs.
Ergonomics
People who use computers for long stretches of time should be mindful of good ergonomic practices.
Ergonomics is the study of the design and positioning of computer equipment for a healthy work environment.
Green Computing
Green computing refers to the efforts of individuals, businesses, and governments to utilize practices both in the manufacturing and the use of digital technologies that are environmentally conscientious. Green computing initiatives generally fall into one of two categories: energy efficiency ecology
E-Waste
E-waste refers to discarded digital electronic devices and components.
Guiyu citizens have built their lives around salvaging every ounce of valuable metal from recycled digital electronics with disregard to serious health and environmental hazards.
Sample Green Computing Initiatives
Freedom of Speech
Key Terms Consumer generated media (CGM) Censorship Content-filtering software
Challenging the Establishment and Traditional Institutions

The Internet has been grasped as a tool to empower those who have traditionally been without a public voice.
(www.badbusinessbureau.com)
Mainstream vs. Internet Journalism

Instead of depending on a few network television stations for news, you can now find dozens of video news sources online.
www.Current.tv
The role of the public in capturing and reporting news, called consumer generated media (CGM) or usergenerated content (UGC), has vastly increased over the past 10 years.
Laws and Censorship

Censorship is when a government or authority controls speech and other forms of expression.
Chinese police are stationed in public Internet cafs to monitor what information is accessed.
Protestors at Stanford against Googles compliance with censoring in China.
Laws and Censorship

Content-filtering software works with the Web browser to check each Web site for indecent materials (defined by the installer of the software) and only allows decent Web pages to be displayed
Laws and Censorship

Dangerous Information: Some information is censored because it is deemed to be dangerous to the public.
U.S. shuts Web site said to reveal nuclear guide Fri Nov 3, 2006 5:11pm ET By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration closed a government Web site set up to publicly display pre-war Iraqi documents on weapons of mass destruction after experts said its content included details for building a nuclear bomb, officials said on Friday.
Privacy Issues
Key Terms Surveillance
Surveillance Technologies
Surveillance is the close monitoring of behavior.
Surveillance Technologies
Companies like ChoicePoint collect and combine information from the credit bureaus; public records of numerous local, state, and federal government agencies; telephone records; liens; deeds; and other sources to develop detailed information about individuals, businesses, and organizations which it then sells to other individuals, businesses, organizations, and even government agencies.
Privacy and Government

The Privacy Act of 1974 is the primary law controlling what many government agencies can and cannot do with the information they hold.
Surveillance
Wiretapping Video and Audio Surveillance GPS and RFID Surveillance
Ethics and Social Responsibility

Key Terms Ethics Computer Ethics
Computer Ethics
Computer Ethics deals with what is generally considered right or wrong in regards to computer use.
Personal computer ethics are highly subjective except in issues of local, state, and federal law, where ethical issues are clearly defined. Professional computer ethics involve the ethical issues faced by professionals in their use of computer systems as part of their jobs. Governmental computer ethics include the added responsibility of guiding the influence of technology on the population.
Gottfrid Svartholm and Fredrik Neij were fined $3.6 million and sentenced to a year in prison for running the worlds most popular and mostly illegal filesharing service.
Government Computer Ethical Issues

The stimulus package includes billions of dollars for extending high-speed Internet access to underserved areas of the country.
Government Computer Ethical Issues

Socioeconomic Digital Divides
If humans are to utilize the Internet to build a global community, it is clear that the more affluent neighborhoods in this community cannot ignore the needs of the less fortunate.
http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/itafe/ITAccessForEveryone
Globalization
Key Terms Globalization Outsourcing Offshoring
Globalization
Globalization refers to changes in societies and the world economy resulting from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchange.
The largest contributors to globalization are computers, a global telecommunication infrastructure, and the Internet.
Starbucks in Chinas Forbidden City
Outsourcing
Outsourcing is a business use of an outside company to take over portions of its workload.
Many U.S. corporations have set up shop in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India.
Offshoring
Offshoring is a business practice that relocates an entire production line to another location, typically in another country, in order to enjoy cheaper labor, lower taxes, and other forms of lower overhead.
Chinese workforce eager to work for pennies on American dollars provides a low-cost manufacturing alternative for corporations striving to provide low prices to customers
The Torch
The torch is technology. The torch is information. The torch is power, freedom, and responsibility. You may take up this torch to propel yourself forward to meet your personal and professional objectives, to achieve more than you ever thought possible, to impact those around you, your government, your culture, and the world. You may take up this torch to propagate negativity, hate, and dissonance. Or, you may leave this torch for someone else to pick up. The choice is yours.
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Chapter 12

Digital Society, Ethics, and Globalization

Our Connected World

Computers and Community

Computers and Community

Cell Phone Etiquette

Health Issues: Keeping a Balance

Sample Green Computing Initiatives

Challenging the Establishment and Traditional Institutions

Mainstream vs. Internet Journalism

Laws and Censorship

Protestors at Stanford against Googles compliance with censoring in China.

Laws and Censorship

Laws and Censorship

Privacy and Government

Ethics and Social Responsibility

Government Computer Ethical Issues

Government Computer Ethical Issues

Starbucks in Chinas Forbidden City

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