Working with ICT
Telecommuting
Teleworking
Video-conferencing
Codes of Conduct
Definition
Potential problems
Contents of a code of conduct
- written warnings
- dismissal
- prosecution
Difference between Legal and Moral issues with respect to codes of conduct
Disinformation
Not fully informing potential customers or clients of all available facts concerning products or services e.g. imminent introduction of new models.
Privacy
Informing data subjects of their legal rights and processes for complying with those rights. Monitoring company emails.
Employment patterns
Effects upon the workforce.
Personal empowerment.
Equity
Information poor and information rich societies and the consequences of such.
Intellectual property rights
Ownership rights to data.
Teleworking
- ‘Working from home using computer networks’.
- Use and associated hardware.
- Advantages and disadvantages for the organisation and individual.
Video-conferencing
- Use and associated hardware.
- Advantages and disadvantages for the organisation and individual.
Codes of Conduct
Definition
- An agreement made by an employee to obey the rules of the organisation and work within specified guidelines as regards use of ICT and the Internet.
Potential problems
- Introduction of viruses. Misuse of ICT such as using an organisation’s printers for personal work. Using the Internet and running up telephone bills for own purposes, using company time for personal email.
- Distribution of material that is racially or sexually offensive.
- Misuse of data for illicit purposes.
- Inappropriate use of mobiles phones – in restaurants, schools, public transport.
- Blackmail, computer fraud or selling to other organisations.
- Violating terms of copyright or software agreements.
Contents of a code of conduct
- Responsibilities
- Respecting rights of others
- Abiding by current legislation
- Protecting hardware and software from malicious damage
- Complying with licensing agreements
- Authorisation
- Permissions on data access
- Security defining rules about password disclosure, personal use of emails and the Internet and data transfer rules
- Penalties for misuse
- written warnings
- dismissal
- prosecution
Difference between Legal and Moral issues with respect to codes of conduct
Disinformation
Not fully informing potential customers or clients of all available facts concerning products or services e.g. imminent introduction of new models.
Privacy
Informing data subjects of their legal rights and processes for complying with those rights. Monitoring company emails.
Employment patterns
Effects upon the workforce.
Personal empowerment.
Equity
Information poor and information rich societies and the consequences of such.
Intellectual property rights
Ownership rights to data.
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