Addressing+the+Social+or+Ethical+Issues

Hey guys, I really think we need to blatantly state the social/ethical issues for EACH comm. system we have. Also, we should keep the issues negative. I think we should narrow our communcation systems down to 3. I think email, intranet, and cell-phones are the best ones. I chose 3 different issues that affect each one. Here's what I have:

Email --> Security - Viruses are easily spread through emails Privacy and anonymity - Because many company now monitor emails, many employees may feel that their privacy is being invaded Globalization - Allows people all around the world to communicate with each other

http://www.comptechdoc.org/basic/basictut/eviruses.html http://www.itsecurity.com/features/25-common-email-security-mistakes-022807/ http://www.spamlaws.com/virus-comtypes.html

Cell-phones --> Security - Viruses are now available on cell-phones People and machines - Dependency on cellphones in the modern world Globalization - Allows people all around the world to communicate with each other Cell-phone virus article

Intranets --> Policies and Standards - Policies must be set up within the network to ensure that it isn't used incorrectly Security - Viruses spread within the network could be disastrous, as thousands of files are stored on it Globalization - Internet access allows employees to access information from anywhere around the world Patty's article: http://www.eto.org.uk/faq/faqintra.htm http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/http://intranetblog.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2007/2/13/2734653.html

OK GUYS, THESE ARE THE SOCIAL/ETHICAL ISSUES THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE EXAMINING. TELL ME IF YOU DISAGREE WITH ANYTHING.

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Positive Social Implications:
 * Social and Ethical Implications of Intranets**
 * organization
 * easier management within the corporation
 * distribution of information
 * efficiency in business transactions - saves money

Negative Social Implications:
 * security

Ethical Implications:
 * misuse of information by those who have access to it
 * selling or publicly posting personal information of co-workers or other employees

http://www.eto.org.uk/faq/faqintra.htm

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Links:

Group 3 Main Page

Well, quickly stating the obvious, issues that may irise in relation to some of the technology that we have mentioned: - E-mail Exchange & Instant Messaging: - The Issue of Wi-Fi and security:
 * the security of information within a network
 * the authenticity of the connected user
 * many organizations choose not to use Wi-Fi because of the security issues

What about technology that could be used instead?

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I created this page to aid our organization in addressing the social need of this topic. Post your concrete ideas on how our topic / voicethread is directly associated with possible social / ethical issues.

Related social issues that I think are necessary in outlining this product are: - Security - Authenticity - Policies & Standards - Globalization and Cultural Diversity

Feel free to add whatever you think may be necessary, or remove things that you don't think apply. I'll try to update more specifically later when we begin to develop a concrete outline. - Mohammed