Unit 10- Ethical and Legal and environmental impacts of digital technology on wider society

Ethics

ethics is all about right and wrong. What is good for an individual and what is good for society as a whole?

The Digital Divide

Developments arising from computer science and the resulting digital technologies produce ethical implications for individuals and society. These implications are not always obvious and sometimes lead to unanticipated problems.

The Digital Divide refers to the gap between populations that have full access to modern technology, and those who have restricted/no access.

This term relates to the gap between those people who have access to modern digital technology and those who have limited access.

Impact of IT on working conditions

Limited access could mean no home devices or many people sharing one computer or simply having lower performance computer and low-speed internet connections.

working environments need to: to clean, have paper removed as much as possible(less fire risk),have desks that give employs plenty of room to work, provide of plenty of power sockets, have air conditioning in case of heat from equipment, provide proper desks with wrist rests for using mouse and keyboard, provide proper chairs on wheels

Impact Of Employment: Teleworking

Teleworking, sometimes called telecommuting, means working from home using modern technology to keep in touch with your business, saving you a journey

Drones

To work effectively, teleworkers require the following

drone are a flying vehicle that can be operates nearly or far away. drones can be a very cheap present or a expensive filming camera

a computer with internet access

an email account

a fax machine

drones can be good for example monitor pollution protect rhinos from poachers

a mobile phone

videoconferencing equipment

although they can have privacy issues

can also be damaging for example flying a drone into a plane or weaponised drone on war