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Chapter 1 - Computer Ethics

This document contains study questions about computer ethics from a chapter in a book. It discusses key concepts from the standard account of computer ethics including policy vacuums, conceptual muddles, and technological determinism. It also defines socio-technical systems and distinguishes between micro-level and macro-level ethical issues. The document serves to introduce students to the broad topic of computer ethics and some foundational frameworks for analyzing ethics and technology issues.

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Chapter 1 - Computer Ethics

This document contains study questions about computer ethics from a chapter in a book. It discusses key concepts from the standard account of computer ethics including policy vacuums, conceptual muddles, and technological determinism. It also defines socio-technical systems and distinguishes between micro-level and macro-level ethical issues. The document serves to introduce students to the broad topic of computer ethics and some foundational frameworks for analyzing ethics and technology issues.

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Voluntarioso, Marla Rae O.

ITETHIC
Chapter #1

Computer Ethics
Study Questions:
1. What is encompassed in the questionwhy computer ethics? In other words, what more
specific questions are included in the broad question?
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These are the specific broad question:


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Personal raises of people


About their Privacy
The changes on operation of the business
The form of behavior
And the time to identify something

2. Give a concise summary of Moors standard account of computer ethics.


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The COMPUTER ETHICS is a policy wherein it gives a knowledge or idea on risks according to
Moor when a computer have a potential to create new ideas where there is vacuum policy
which refers with the theoretical muddles the confront of how to build out the best way to
realize the overview of the social impact of the computer equivalent of formulations and proves
of the policy.

3. What is a policy vacuum? Give an example and explain it using the standard account.
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The policy vacuum is the non-appearance of a specific policy relatively with the situation
happening in the system.

4. What is a conceptual muddle, and how do they get in the way of filling policy vacuums?
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MOOR this refers to a theoretical muddle that confront on how to build out the best thing of
conceptualization.

5. What is wrong with the standard account of computer ethics?


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Since that the normal explanation in making the Information Technology is not new on some
who know how to build a new application even though many people tries to familiarize the
technology even with non-I.T. professionals and have a brief knowledge about it.

6. What are the two tenets of the view referred to as technological determinism? What is the
STS critique of each tenet?
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7. What is wrong with thinking of technology as merely material objects?


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There is no wrong with the statement about technology because it is just a machine on where it
helps people to make their life easier with the use of technology. The technology itself cannot
make an equal life cycle on the broken things they have but people are the one who can repair it
again.

8. What is socio-technical system?


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Socio Technical System is an approach of complex organization that recognized the interaction
between people and the technology. This also refers to the societys infrastructure and human
behavior.

9. Choose a familiar technology and describe its value.


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The Internet is a give and share document of the entire network that gives a best way to
communicate from country to country or gather some information for entertainments and other
activities for easier use of services.

10. What is the different between micro-level ethical issues and macro-level ethical issues?
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Micro-Level Ethical Issues involves a disclosure of created overview of reality the wish to have a
communication to users of different statements. This behavior is manipulated to individual
people.

Macro-Level Ethical Issues is regulatory in a way it feels some disadvantages that engage in the
changes it wants to prevent. This brings an economic reality which was manipulated in
awareness of people.

11. Why is the study of ethics and technology needed? Why is the study of ethics and IT in
particular, needed?
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The study of the Information Technology professional knows the best suitable for the
application of development as an ethics to know the difference between right and wrong but it
is up to you on how you decide on this study.

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