Ethical Decision-Making and IT

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Examines issue of employee ethics. Employees use of information technology (IT) in an office environment. Problem of employee computer crime with specific examples. Court cases. Need for guidelines for company computer use. Employee education. Attitudes of employees. Steps network security administrators should take to protect their systems from inside security problems.

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"Ethical decision-making is defined by the process of evaluating and choosing between alternatives consistent to ethical principles. Making ethical decisions necessitates one to: Distinguish between and remove unethical options. These options lower ethical values to non-ethical or unethical values; Select the preeminent ethical alternative. Although there may be several ethical reactions to a given situation, all are not equal.


Ethical decision-making requires much more than just a mere belief in the importance of ethics. It requires a keen sensitivity to the perception of the ultimate ethical implications of the decisions made and the innate ability to evaluate intricate, vague and incomplete facts and the skill to execute ethical decisions without necessarily endangering a..."

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