Transcript Ethics Accountability in the IS Classroom

Ethics Accountability in the
Classroom
Third Annual Ethics and
Technology Conference
Santa Clara University
Database Systems
Database Design
Data Quality
Data Access
Database Design
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What data should we collect?
Purpose for which it was collected
Minimize data collected
Notify persons that data is being gathered
Data Quality
• Is the data correct at time of input?
• Is the data up-to-date?
• Is data disposed of after a reasonable
time?
Data Access
• Privacy/confidentiality
• Limited Access
• Access for those about whom the data is
stored
Decision Support Systems
and Artificial Intelligence
• System Construction
• Accountability
• Use
System Construction
• Are designer biases built in?
• Issues about computer programs apply
here too
• Is the decision reproducible?
Accountability
• What are the consequences
• Avoid harm to others
• Is the target aware of its use?
Use
• Results are probabilistic
• Are we invading privacy?
Introduction to Computer and
Information Systems
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Software/Programming
Hardware
Input/Output
IS and Business
Application Packages
Communications and the Web
Social Responsibility
Software and Programming
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Viruses
Shareware
Cryptography
Coding Problems
Software Piracy
Hardware
• Ergonomics
• Electromagnetic radiation
Input and Output
• GIGO
• Access
• Procedural and Software Controls
IS and Business
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Games at Work
Work Quality/Worker Background
Monitoring Employees
Viruses
Access to Company Records
Application Packages
• Piracy
• Using the Appropriate Application
• Database Issues listed previously
Communications and the Web
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Spamming
Censorship/Free Speech
e-Mail
Unequal Access to Networks
Cookies
Web Tracking
Social Responsibility
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Haves/Have-Nots
Unauthorized Access
Computer Sabotage
Monitoring without Knowledge
Understanding Use and Consequences