Ethical Issues in Information Systems

Author

Zhang, Jian

Author_Institution

Sch. of Comput. & Software Eng., Shenzhen Polytech., Shenzhen, China

Volume

3

fYear

2011

fDate

24-25 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

321

Lastpage

323

Abstract

The ethical, social, and political issues are raised by information systems. Are there specific principles for conduct that can be used to guide decisions about ethical dilemmas? This paper discusses the ethical issues in the information systems, such as the privacy, security, system quality and relevant techniques. It references the research from the developed countries and related organizations. It also discusses the current ethical issues situation in China mainland. It can provide the reference or guidance for the IT/IS/IM engineers and managers to be aware of ethical issues in the information system and enhance the quality of information systems.

Keywords

data privacy; ethical aspects; information systems; politics; China mainland; IM engineers; IS engineers; IT engineers; ethical issues; information system quality; political issues; social issues; Computers; Ethics; Information systems; Organizations; Privacy; Security; Standards; ethical issues; information privacy; information security; information system; information system quality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology, Computer Engineering and Management Sciences (ICM), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing, Jiangsu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1419-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICM.2011.24

Filename

6113649