THE NETIQUETTE

AND THE
COMPUTER ETHICS
 L1. Netiquette

1.1. What is Netiquette?

CONTENTS 1.2. Ten Commandments of Computer
Ethics
L2. Cybercrimes

2.1. What is Cyber?

2.2. Common Forms of Cybercrimes

2.3. Criminal Activities

L3. Internet Threats
 W H AT I S
NETIQUETTE?

Netiquette/Network Etiquette - the etiquette of cyberspace and

“etiquette” means the forms of required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be
required in social or official life. In other words, netiquette is a set of rules for behaving
properly online.

is concerned with the "proper" way to communicate an online

environment
 REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE
Even though you may be interacting with a computer screen, you are communicating with a real person who will
react to your message. Make a good impression and avoid confrontational or offensive languag e.

AVOID
Communicating effectively requires the use of correct
SLANG,
terminology, spelling, and grammar that can easily be understood.
ACRONYM
S, AND
TEXT

AVOID
“SCREAMIN Typing an entire message using all capital letters is
G” IN TYPED known as “screaming”.
MESSAGES
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 REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE
PROOFREAD
Proofreading your messages before you send them is a best
YOUR
practice for effective and efficient communication.
MESSAGES
BEFORE
SENDING
THEM Fire

Strive to make your communications concise and free of any:

• Spelling and grammar errors

• Confusing terms or phrases that could be misunderstood
• Errors of omission, such as missing content or recipients.
• Errors in accuracy of information.

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 REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE

EXERCISE E-mail and chat messages that you send or receive are
GOOD considered private and should not be forwarded or copied to
JUDGMENT Fire the consent of all involved
others without gaining
WHEN participants.
SHARING
INFORMATION
WITH OTHERS
ONLINE

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 Do not share online any sensitive personal information
such as:

- Your home address or phone number

- Personal conversations
- Social plans, such as vacations
- Financial information
- Usernames, passwords, or hints
- Anything personal that you would not want shared by others over the
Internet.
 REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE

Be constructive and respectful when sharing opinions,

RESPECT
DIVERSITY IN beliefs, and criticisms,
Fire or responding to those of
VIEWPOINTS others in the conversation.

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 Rule 1: Remember the Human When communicating
electronically, practice the Golden Rule: Do unto others
as you would have others do unto you.

Rule 2: Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that

you follow in real life.
TEN
COMMANDME Rule 3: Know where you are in cyberspace "Netiquette varies
from domain to domain." (Shea,1994)

NTS
Rule 4: Respect other people's time and bandwidth Electronic
OF communication takes time:
time to read and time in which to respond.

COMPUTER
Rule 5: Make yourself look good online. You will, however, be
ETHICS judged by the quality of your writing, so keep the
following
tips in mind: Always check for spelling and grammar
errors
 Rule 6: Share expert knowledge. This "information sharing“
capability is one of the reasons the Internet was founded.
Share what you know!

Rule 7: Help keep flame wars under control. "Flame wars,"

when two or three people exchange angry posts between

TEN one another.

COMMANDMEN Rule 8: Respect other people's privacy depending on what you

are reading in the virtual
world.
TS Rule 9: Don't abuse your power Just like in face-to-face
situations, there are people in cyberspace who have more
OF "power" than others. Think of Rule 1: Remember the
human.

COMPUTER
Rule 10: Be forgiving of other people's mistakes Not everyone
ETHICS has the same amount of experience working in the
virtual world. And not everyone knows the rules of
netiquette.
 TECHNOLOGY
IS A USEFUL
S E RVA N T B U T
A DANGEROUS
MASTER.
christian lous lange
THANK YOU!