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Ethical Issues In Research

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4A: Describe ethical and legal issues related to shared information within an organisation, and the related procedures and conventions for privacy and permission. There are several issues related to sharing information within an organisation which may be answered by the Privacy Act 1993, e.g. o Who owns the information? o Where is the information stored? o Can you really delete the information? o Who sees the information? These issues although many do not realise, actually affect us in our everyday life. I would be surprised if they hadn’t, think back to the past week, how many photos have you posted on Facebook and Instagram, what have you tweeted on twitter and have you uploaded any data to the cloud this week. Do you know what these companies can do with …show more content…

Definitions • Ethical Issues: Issues which conflict with or involve Ethics • Legal Issues: Issues involving laws • Privacy: “the state of being free from public attention” (https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=defintion%20privacy) • Procedures: “an established or official way of doing something” (https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+procedures • Conventions: “a way in which something is usually done” (https://www.google.co.nz/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=definition+conventions) • Information: “facts provided or learned about something or someone”

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