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CHAPTER 4
PERSONAL, LEGAL, ETHICAL,
AND ORGANIZATIONAL
ISSUES OF INFORMATION
SYSTEMS Hossein BIDGOLI
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learning outcomes
LO1 Discuss information privacy and methods for
improving the privacy of information.
LO2 Explain the effects on information privacy of e-mail,
data collection, and censorship.
LO3 Discuss the ethical issues related to information
technology .
LO4 Discuss the principles of intellectual property and
issues related to the infringement of intellectual property.
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l e a r n i n g o u t c o m e s (cont’d.)
LO5 Discuss information system issues that affect
organizations, including the digital divide, electronic
publishing, and on the connection between the
workplace and employees’ health.
LO6 Describe green computing and the ways it can
improve the quality of the environment.
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Group Activity
• Form groups of five students
• Introduce to each other
• Choose a recorder
• Answer the following questions by group:
– What is “Privacy”?
– Give three examples
– Canadian laws about privacy?
– Share your answers
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Privacy Issues
• Concerns about privacy in the workplace
– Employers search social networking sites
– Employee monitoring systems
• Misuse and abuse of information gathered by:
– Healthcare organizations
– Financial institutions
– Legal firms
• Defining privacy is difficult
– Information technologies have increased ease of
access to information
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E-mail
• Presents some serious privacy issues
• Spam
– Unsolicited e-mail sent for advertising purposes
– Sent in bulk by using automated mailing software
• Ease of access
– People should assume that others have access to
their messages
– Any e-mails sent on company-owned computers are
the property of the organization
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Privacy Quiz
• https://services.priv.gc.ca/quiz/en/youth
• https://www.telus.com/en/wise/parents/privacy-
quiz
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Group Activity
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Censorship
• Who decides what should be on the Web?
• Types of information
– Public
– Private
• Whether or not something can be censored
depends in part on who is doing the censoring
• Restricted access to the Web
– Burma, China, and Singapore
• U.S. citizens don’t want the government
controlling Web access
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Censorship (cont’d.)
• Parents are concerned about what their children
are exposed to
– Pornography, violence, and adult language
• Search keywords
• Guidelines to teach their children to use good
judgment while on the Web
• Programs such as CyberPatrol, CyberSitter, Net
Nanny, and SafeSurf
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Ethics Quiz
• https://www.mediapartners.com/how-ethical-
are-you.html
• https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/
story.php?title=ethics-practice-quiz-1
• https://psychologytoday.tests.psychtests.com/
bin/transfer
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Group Activity
• Answer the following questions by group:
– What is “Intellectual Property”?
– Give three examples
– Ethics policies in your profession?
– Share your answers
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Intellectual Property
• Intellectual property
– Protections that involve copyrights, trademarks, trade
secrets, and patents for “creations of the mind”
developed by people or businesses
• Industrial property
– Inventions, trademarks, logos, and industrial designs
• Copyrighted material
– Literary and artistic works
– May apply to online materials
– Exceptions under Fair Use Doctrine
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• https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/quiz.html
• https://www.wipo.int/ip-outreach/en/ipday/
2017/ipday2017_quiz-copy.html
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Green Computing
• Computing that promotes a sustainable
environment and consumes the least amount of
energy
• Helps an organization save on energy costs
• Improves the quality of the environment in
which we live and work
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Chapter 4 Personal, Legal, Ethical, and Organizational Issues of Information Systems
Summary
• Privacy issues related to information
technologies
– Methods for protecting privacy: Personal information
and organizations’ data resources
• Ethical issues related to information systems
– Censorship, intellectual property laws, digital divide
• Effect of information systems on the workplace
and possible heath issues
• Green computing
– Impact on the environment
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Privacy Issues
• What is your opinion about privacy issues in IS?
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Ethics Quiz
• https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/
story.php?title=professionalism-ethics
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Ethics Issues
• What is your opinion about ethics issues in IS?
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Your Opinions
• Your views about the role of social media on the
US election?
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