Ethics

Code of Ethics

 * The primary concerns of computer ethics is identifying the ethical issues, which fall in the broad category of copyright issues, issues concerning privacy and censorship. Today every individual has to enter into the cyber society, irrespective of your field of work and without the knowledge of computer ethics. It will be difficult for you to survive since you might end up either doing something unethical or being a part of it or unnecessarily be a victim.

Spamming and sending e-mails concerning to sabotage something are practices which have become too banal to be done something about though your internet portal would facilitate your account so that you receive minimum of all the crap. Now in some cases the main deal is to identify the issue like if there is information provided on the Internet somebody could use it as a source of information and more research could be done on the basis of the information provided. In some cases this is listed under copyright violation.

There are issues that are confusing as there is a slight demarcation between the ethical and the unethical. For example, there are many kinds of cases that can fall under "hacking", copyright issues, and privacy and censorship issues. Experts are defending and arguing on all these issues to make a defined structure of cyber policies. There are bodies of experts who are trying to deal with cyber laws and they have also formed code of ethics for the same purpose of forwarding it in a structural and defined form that defines from the legal, social and political perspective. Here is a glimpse of what a code of ethics is which is based on the principles of the interests of the cyber community, competence, truth, social justice and ethical behavior. **


 * Information stored on the computer should be treated as seriously as written or spoken word.
 * Privacy should not be violated. In case of academic use, it is known plagiarism.
 * Information for public viewing should not be modified or deleted or inaccessible since these are considered as destructive acts.
 * Intrusive software such as "worms" and "viruses" which are destructive to the computer system is also illegal.
 * Congesting somebody’s system with a lot of unwanted information is also unethical.
 * Sending obscene and crude messages through mail or chat is also forbidden.
 * Sending sexually explicit content, message or pictures is also forbidden.
 * Rules of copyrigh**t
 * 1) You cannot use copyrighted material without written permission from the creator of the material (or from its copyright holder)
 * 2) Material can be protected even if it does not display the © symbol. Even if no mention is made regarding copyright, you must assume that all material from another source is protected.
 * 3) Penalties for violating copyright laws can range from mild to severe.
 * If you break the copyright law, you might simply receive an e-mail message from the author asking you to stop using the material.
 * If you publish the material on a website, the webmaster might shut down your site.
 * Or you could be sued by the author or prosecuted by federal authorities.
 * 1) To make sure you are not violating any copyright law, it is important that you do the following:
 * Write or send e-mail to the author or creator and ask permission to use the material. Do not use it until you are given permission.
 * Follow the directions on the site regarding use of material. You might be asked to create a link on your page or to notify the author or creator.
 * Most important: Do not use any material if you don’t have written permission.


 * You alone have the right to do any of the following or to let others do any of the following:**
 * Make copies of your work;
 * Distribute copies of your work;
 * Perform your work publicly (such as for plays, film, dances or music);
 * Make “derivative works” (including making modifications, adaptations or other new uses of a work, or translating the work to another media).

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