International, National, and Industry-Specific Regulations
Modern information systems can raise various legal and ethical issues in addition to those associated with intellectual property. After reading the selection, what are some of the most significant ethical challenges that professionals using and developing BI systems should consider? How do these ethical issues translate into specific laws and regulations? Is the legal structure keeping up with the development of new technology?
The Ethical and Legal Implications of Information Systems
Upon successful completion of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Describe what the term information systems ethics means;
- Explain what a code of ethics is and describe the advantages and disadvantages;
- Define the term intellectual property and explain the protections provided by copyright, patent, and trademark; and
- Describe the challenges that information technology brings to individual privacy.
Introduction
Information systems have had an impact far beyond the world
of business.
New technologies create new situations that have never had to be
confronted before. One issue is how to handle the new capabilities
that these devices provide to users. What new laws are going to be
needed for protection from misuse of new technologies. This
chapter begins with a discussion of the impact of information
systems has on user behavior or ethics. This will be followed with
the new legal structures being put in place with a focus on
intellectual property and privacy.
Source: James L. Smith, Shouhong Wang and Joseph Mortati, https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/information-systems-for-business-and-beyond
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