The Development of a Code of Ethics in Information Technology

The ACS codes of ethics is a part of the ACS constitution. As an ACS member you must uphold and advance the honor, dignity and effectiveness of being a professional. This involves, in addition of being a good citizen and acting within the law. While Because of their roles in developing software systems, software engineers have significant opportunities to do well or cause harm, to enable others to do well or cause harm, or to influence others to do well or cause harm. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial

Being a non-traditional student I have the opportunity to attend school while also pursuing a career in Information Technology (IT). Within the field of IT there are many avenues to explore ethics depending on the type of business that is being supported, or what the technical speciality may be. For instance, if the business operates in medical environment that treats patients, there are privacy concerns, and ethical standards that must be followed. The same can be said for the financial community, and education. While the breadth of Information Technology and the available specializations are vast, perhaps even more impressive is the amount of trust and ethical burden placed on the Information Technology professional.

Technological developments are growing fast and individuals can not live without technology in the modern society. People all have their moral compass and ethical boundary which limit their behaviors. As technology is widely used, the connection between technology and ethics is getting inseparably associated. In the article “Ethics and the New Genetics” by Tenzin Gyatso, he mentions the genetic engineering field’s benefit and potential harms which lead people to consider the relationship between ethics and technology. He argues that technological development advances individuals’ lives and also pushes the envelope which leads people to shrink the ethical lines and is harmful to human societies. Thus, technology is the pivotal point of humans’ moral responsibilities.Although

In Laura Cabrera’s journal article, “Human Implants: A Suggested Framework to Set Priorities”, Cabrera references many experts’ works in order to set a formal foundation of transhumanist knowledge for both the followers and skeptics of transhumanism, eventually bringing into light a much-ignored topic, technoethics. Finally, she clearly presents her logical approach in tackling the pressing questions technoethics brings regarding human implants, following a trend that others before her in the field of human bioenhancement have taken before, letting her work speak for itself and show the grave consequences technoethics entail and what they as a society could do to resolve it.

To achieve this, technology is being built into body enhancements, including limbs, organs and sense. Currently on the market are parts such as hearing aids that help deaf people hear, prosthetic limbs allowing people to replace ones they no longer have and glasses to aid the blind. What everyone may not know about is the more advanced technologies presently being worked on. In Brumfiel’s article (2013), he interviews Bertolt Myer, a man whom from birth was handed the disadvantage of not having a complete arm. With many passing years, Myer had used many types of replacements, and now, his newest addition, a bionic hand. Inside of the moulded forearm are two electrodes that respond to muscular signals in the residual limb: Sending a signal to one electrode opens the hand and to the other closes it (Brumfiel, 2013). These enhancements support a person in living a happier and longer life in better health. But there are also other body enhancements that are purely for fun and personal gain. The question is, do they improve the quality of life? Or do they just prove to be inappropriate, irrelevant and diminish a person’s lifespan. In his article, Infante examines different types of body modification, and one in particular, the magnetic implant (2014). This implant is placed into the flesh of a man’s ring finger and allows gives him the

From the very first discussion where we were tasked to consider what a CIO should do, I was keenly aware of how our own perspectives were such a large part of how we phrased our responses. Regardless of the topic, thinking from the consumer perspective is different from the business or information technology perspective. In this class, it has become apparent that information technology has its own perspective and set of ethics. In this class, we tried to apply traditional ethics to the uses of information technology, but often found that they do not fit as seamlessly as other technologies have in the past. This is because of the business perspective, the uniqueness of the technology, and the uncontrollability and thus unaccountability of the internet. It is clear that both private citizens and corporations do not adhere to the same ethical beliefs when information technology is part of the equation. I realized that our perspectives are often an expression of our ethics.

The code of Ethics I follow in my profession are the ones laid out by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Commission on Private Security. In order to be able to support a code of ethics, each member of the profession or organization must be willing to observe and adopt the code as a way to conduct business and handle themselves in the profession. The professional security Officer has several moral ideals that he must exhibit. The Professional Security officer must first and foremost act with honesty and integrity at all times and must adhere to the highest moral principals in the performance of security duties (Code of Ethics, 2017). This code ties directly to the principal of truth telling or honesty. It is extremely

There are many ethical issues that arise in Neurotechnology and Cognitive Enhancement of the human brian. The neuroethical issues and bioethical must be discussed in great depth, for the lack of oversight on these issues could drastically change the course of history and our prominent future.

Attorneys have to follow a code of ethics in order to maintain their practice. Each state has its own specific ethics code and/or rules, but generally they lay out how attorneys are expected to act while in their respective positions. The vast majority of attorneys follow the rules. However, for those who don't, each state has a disciplinary counsel or some other body that investigates and punishes code violations. Typically, an office of disciplinary counsel investigates only problems reported to them through a formal complaint process. Often, complaints come from clients, but they can also be filed by other attorneys as well.

Social workers work with conflicting interests and competing rights to support, protect and empower people, statutory duties and other obligations that may be coercive and restrict people’s freedoms. Social work is an interrelated system of values, theory and practice.

Company A is committed to providing expertise management consulting to nonprofit organizations that serve and meet the needs of citizens and communities. This Code of Ethics sets forth standards of behavior for our employees and managers. It is intended to assist them in fulfilling their duties and public representation of Company A.

Over the last several years, technology has led to major transformations in the way everyone is living their daily lives. However, as these changes are occurring questions are arising about new ethical issues and how they can be resolved. To fully understand what is taking place, there will be a focus on these challenges and the conflicts they are creating. Together, these elements will highlight the possible problems and their impact on social norms.

The formal definition of ethics is as follows, moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity or alternatively the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. (Ethics definition: dictionary.com, 2014)

bioengineering, brain-computer interface and MEMS, with nanotechnology taking Centre stage because it applies detailed precision to engineer body organs and make them function along with human tissues. Brain gates are also used in bionic field. The last few decades have been wonderful years for technological advances, both for the medical and the electronics industry in the form of miniaturised electronic components, sophisticated microchips and advanced computer systems—all functionally embedded in the human body. This particular human-to-machine interface, aptly termed as ‘Cyborg entities’ or ‘Bionic bodies’, has helped people with physical disabilities (the differently abled) by providing them with artificial Limbs, cochlear implants, artificial muscles and other organs to perform tasks, enabling them to lead a notably better lifestyle.

Ethics awareness and ethical attitudes among undergraduate students in different fields of study have been the subject of several studies (Acilar and Yoruk, 2010) . A considerable amount of studies has been made for the purpose of obtaining undergraduate students’ views and attitudes on acceptable ethical behaviors. Masrom and Ismail (2008) examined computer security and computer ethics awareness among