Information Technology for Management, 11th Edition

CHAPTER 14IT Ethics, Privacy, and Sustainability

CHAPTER OUTLINE

1. Case 14.1 Opening Case: Lessons Learned: How Google Glass Raised Risk and Privacy Challenges
2. 14.1 IT Ethics
3. 14.2 Privacy and Civil Rights
4. 14.3 Technology Addictions and Focus Management
5. 14.4 ICT and Sustainable Development
6. Case 14.2 Business Case: Android Auto and CarPlay Keep Drivers Safe, Legal, and Productive
7. Case 14.3 Video Case: IT Ethics in the Workplace

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. 14.1 Discuss the importance of IT ethics and issues related to technology-related unethical behavior.
2. 14.2 Understand privacy issues associated with organizational use of personal information.
3. 14.3 Describe how technology use can lead to obsessive behavior and impact the ability to focus.
4. 14.4 Understand how the increasing use of IT and social media dependence affect global warming and other sustainable development issues.

Introduction

Several of today’s toughest ethical and social challenges did not even exist at the start of this decade. The latest social, mobile, cloud, and information management technologies are powerful forces. While businesses, governments, and users greatly benefit from their use, they may have harmful effects—not all of which are obvious yet. For example, what is the effect of people spending their personal and professional lives in a state of continuous disruption or partial (distracted) attention?

Are you prepared to deal effectively with ethical challenges and corporate responsibilities that social, ...