Transcript Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT

Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
ICT that has changed our lives
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Portable computing
The Internet
Digital music
Video
Online shopping
Communication systems (mobile phones, email, chat rooms, etc.)
Huge databases
Cyber crime (crime using ICT)
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) offering cheap phone calls
ICT devices helping the disabled become more independent
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
Environmental issues
• Postive
– Online shopping and banking reducing journeys to shops and banks,
cutting polution
– Use of GPS prevents wasted fuel
– Video conferencing reduces travel
– Digital music means less packaging
– Digital media reduces paper based mediums
– Traffic management systems reduce pollution and traffic jams.
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
Environmental issues
• Negative
– Replace technology quickly which is wasteful
– Huge amounts of fuel and raw materials are used in manufacture of
digital devices
– Computers use larges amounts of electricity.
– Printouts waste huge quantities of paper.
• Recycling & Disposal
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Hardware
Paper recycling
Switch of computer equipment
Teleworking from home
Recycle printer cartridges
Computer hardware separated form general rubbish
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
National Databases
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National DNA database
The Police Nation Computer
The Passport agency
The NHS National database
DVLA
National Insurance DB
• Costs
– Very expensive to set up and maintain.
– Redundant data that needs to be deleted.
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
Social issues due to ICT
• Lack of privacy
• Addictions to social
networking sites,
chat rooms, etc.
• Addictions to games,
gambling, etc.
• Addiction to
pornography
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
More social issues due to ICT
• Deserted shopping
centres
• Health problems
• Paedophiles looking
for their next victim
• Identity theft
• False rumours
• Misinformation
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
ICT changing the way we shop
• Jobs transferred
abroad
• High street shops not
being able to
compete with
Internet stores
• Globalization
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
Ethical issues due to ICT
• Employers looking at job
applicants’ social networking
profiles
• Employers monitoring employees’
emails, websites visited, etc.
• Invasion of privacy by social
networking sites
• Use of cookies to record websites
visited without you knowing
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
More ethical issues
• National identity cards
• NHS database
• CCTV being used with face recognition and
automatic number plate recognition
• Links between public and private databases
(e.g., DVLA and car insurance companies)
• Internet service providers monitoring your
emails and web browsing
Legal, social, ethical and environmental issues when using ICT
Moral issues due to ICT
• Copying of copyrighted
material
• Widening of gap
between rich and poor
countries
• Widening gap between
rich and poor people
• Use of essay banks