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T8 : ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES - Coggle Diagram
T8 : ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES
8.1 Innovation Social Issues in IT
Innovation
Improves on or makes a significant contribution to something that has already been invented
Types of Innovation
Produce new goods previously unknown for customers
Introduce new production process previously unknown in industry
Exploiting new markets
New sources of purchasing raw materials and semi-prepared products
New ways of organizing business activities
Ethics of Innovation
Innovators need to defend their innovation
Often overlooked because the focus is on technology
Rules of Innovation
Innovations are new to a community
People affected by and have an effect on an innovation
Innovation disrupt the status quo
Innovations are a shared responsibility
Successful innovations require continual modifications
Features matter
Changing Communication Paradigm
A pattern or model that allows people to communicate to another person in order to give information about people needs and desires
IT and Community Issues
Community and Isolation
- The formation of electronic relationships with people scattered around the country and the world may further weaken local communities
The access issue
- Access to information may give some people such a large advantage over those without access that our society will be divided sharply between those who have access and those who don’t
Effects of Technology on Community
Education
- Enhance learning and the learning process
Health care
- Make the life of handicapped community easier
Local government
- More productive with high speed communication system and information services
Business
- Many strategies and solution in business
Home
- Create security in our home
8.2 Culture: Eastern, Western and Malaysian Societies
Cultural Dimensions
Empowerment
Team innovation
Creating change
Capability development
Customer focus
Organizational learning
How to Build a Culture of Innovation
Open mind
Curiosity
Empathy
Take risks
Trust
Culture
Malaysia
Piracy over mobile devices has grown in Malaysia, including over mobile phones, tablets, flash drives and other mobile technologies
Piracy of books online is also reportedly on the rise, with students claiming that certain titles are available either for download or for copying
Internet-based piracy harms independent film producers since it prevents the establishment of legitimate online distribution platforms and services, which independent producers may use to finance future productions
Australia
Australians pirate more content online than almost any other nation
According to file-sharing news site TorrentFreak, the show was downloaded more than 500,000 times just 12 hours after the first copy appeared online
This means that a large group of Aussies prefer to torrent the episode instead of watching it on the pay TV network Foxtel
China
Piracy and innovation go hand in hand
Piracy can deter innovation, since it prevents companies from profiting off their copyrighted products and thus diminishes the incentive to create
Piracy goes back to the China world view that individual rights don’t matter
8.4 Professional Ethics and Responsibilities
Definition
Professional ethics refers to the ethics that a person must adhere to in respect of their interactions and business dealings in their professional life
Computer Professional Responsibility
Maintaining relationship toward customers, clients, coworker, employees and employers
Making critical decisions that have significant consequences for many people
Determining how to manage, select, or use computer in a professional setting
ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
General more imperatives
More specific professional responsibilities
Organizational leadership imperatives
Compliance with code
Compliance with code
Deontological
Natural Rights
Consequentialist
Reaching the Right Decision
8.5 The Ethical Guidelines for Computer Professionals
Ethical Behaviors Expected of the Computer Professional
Honest and fair
Respects confidentiality
Maintains professional competence
Understands relevant laws
Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
Public
- Software engineers shall acts consistently with the public interest
Client and Employer
- Software engineers shall act in a manners that is in the best interests of their client and employer consistent with the public interest
Product
- Software engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible
Judgement
- Software engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment
Management
- Software engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance
Profession
- Software engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest
Colleagues
- Software engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues
Self
- Software engineers shall participate in lifelong learning regarding the practice of their profession and shall promote an ethical approach to the practice of the profession
8.3 Evolution of Computer Technology Impact in Digital Generation
Digital Generation
A generation of children who’ve grown up with video games, computers, touch-screen tablets, mobile phones and virtual reality
Positive Impact of Video
Enhanced Teaching and Learning
- Visual explanation of concepts makes learning fun and enjoyable for students
Globalization
- When schools in different parts of the state , students can “meet" their counterparts through video conferencing without leaving the classroom
No Geographical Limitations
- Distance learning and online education
Negative Impact of Video
Declining Writing Skills
- They don’t know the spelling of different words, how to use grammar properly or how to do cursive writing
Increasing Incidents of Cheating
- Easier for students to write formulas and notes on graphing calculators, with least chances of being caught
Lack of Focus
- Being ever-connected to the online world has resulted in lack of focus and concentration in academics and to some extent, even in sports and extra curricular activities
Impact in Digital Generation’s Health Care
Positive Impact
- The development of better instruments and more advanced technology have allowed surgeons to perform procedures in minimally invasive ways
Negative Impact
- The internet provides a cheap and “easy” way to avoid going to the doctor
Impact in Digital Generation’s Human Body
Emotional Instability
- Sleep deprivation, No alone time and Too much codependence
Strained Vision
- Close computer work can cause light sensitivity, dry eye, blurred vision, double vision, fatigue and headache
Hearing Lost
- Teens, in particular, crank up their phones loudly to drown out traffic noise, conversation and even other ambient music