Development of a Code of Ethics

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In this paper I will discuss how Information technology has brought about significant societal ethical changes. Users of technology in society and business today need to be increasingly aware of the need for the ethical use of technology. Information technology (IT) users, need a code of ethics developed, so that they can navigate through the ethical issues they confront while using information technology. When ethical violations occur, enforcement of the ethical standards is required. With the advanced of online education, there is a renewed need to interpret a code of ethics within the academic setting by observing academic integrity as users have the ability to interact with surprising and continuous amounts of information.
The extensive nature that the society has access to IT today has brought about significant societal ethical changes. The most profound effect is the unbundling of information. Evans and Wuster (as cited by Britz, 2008) defined unbundling is the ability of information to move by itself and the interlinking of documents. Consequently, this has enabled us the ability to reach multiple people at once, almost instantaneously, interact with information and customize and distribute information at almost zero cost. The growth of social media (SM) has had a profound effect on society. Some of these effects are not always positive as witnessed by the London riots of 2011.Social media was blamed by the British government, for inciting and fuelling the riots (Salman, Saad & Ali, 2013).
Kallman and Grillo (as cited by Molnar,2008) stated the order of magnitude effect and the effort effect influence how human beings view the ethical situations involving computers. The order of magnitude effect is due to the fact that c...

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