Academic Ethics

Paper Summary:

The paper looks at several definitions of ethics and focuses on cyber ethics that encompasses plagiarism, privacy, copyrighting and hacking. The paper opines that it is important for parents to begin teaching ethical decision-making skills to young individuals even before their first exposure to technology. The paper devotes time to discussing intellectual property rights and the ownership of patents and concludes that unfortunately, there is no way to really enforce these academic ethics.

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"The concept of academic ethics has been around for years, but many schools and students are still not clear on what is ethical and what is not. Some teachers feel that it is important to treat their students in an ethical manner, but ethics are not required when working with other people in the cut-throat business world beyond the school. There are other teachers who do just the opposite -- treating their students like slaves in the classroom, but being fair in dealings with other teachers and people in the rest of the world. Academic ethics do not require understanding from a teaching standpoint only. Students should be aware of what academic ethics really mean, and what the ethical rules of their school are. Most students would agree that it is wrong to steal money from the school they study at. However, those same students would think nothing of taking home a pen they stuck in their shirt pocket, or a notepad they took with them when they went out to talk to a friend. While small items such as pens and notepads may seem very insignificant, even small items are part of the ethical dilemmas that face schools and the rest of the world today today."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Brey, P. (2001) Disclosive Computer Ethics. In R. A. Spinello and H. T. Tavani, eds., Readings in CyberEthics, Jones and Bartlett.
• Elgesen, D. (1996) Privacy, Respect for Persons, and Risk. In Ess, Charles, ed., Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated Communication, State University of New York Press.
• "ethics." Def. 1. The Random House College Dictionary. Revised Ed. 1988.
• Fodor, J. L. & Bynum, T.W. creators. (1992) What Is Computer Ethics? [a video program], Educational Media Resources.
• Fried, C. (1984) Privacy. In Schoeman, F. D., ed., Philosophical Dimensions of Privacy, Cambridge University Press.

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