Importance of Computer Ethics and Morality in Society

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10.2991/assehr.k.220105.010How to use a DOI?

Keywords

computer ethics; computer morality

Abstract

Computer ethics emerged in the 1980s as a field that deals with the ethical analysis of privacy and security issues in technology. The field is responsible for analyzing the moral duties of computer users and professionals and ethical issues in public policy. The digital advances in this essay are considered to cause related ethical problems both in workplaces and daily routine at the same time, e.g., cyber frauds, data abuse, and so forth. With these issues as the background, by using a literature review and case study, this essay takes the connection between cybercrime and ethical issues as the subject, discussing the risky consequences of lack of computer ethics and the positive impact of computer ethics, with its feasibility and necessity. Firstly, some citations from previous scholars interested in related subjects are applied in this essay, with the purpose of collecting a range of negative circumstances and data from official institutions, attached with ethic problems and computer usage. Then, this research mainly focuses on recently increasing cyber-crimes and privacy breach cases, through the provision and in-depth analysis of data over the years, to explore the causes of the current situation. Finally, it develops a series of effective recommendations in order to cope with the increased cases reported by cybercrime victims in this essay, based on the outcomes analyzed from previous data and cases. This paper finds the universality of computer technology brings ethical problems. Many data leakage and information abuse will contribute to a very serious negative impact on both individuals and society. However, once people have computer ethics and morality, it will be a very effective way in helping current problems.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruobing Wang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/17
TI  - Importance of Computer Ethics and Morality in Society
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 42
EP  - 47
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220105.010
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220105.010
ID  - Wang2022
ER  -