Cyber-Ethics

Cyber-ethics
Social and Moral Issues in the Computer Age
With today’s modern, high-tech society, morals and values are being questioned daily with new technology. Employers now have ways to monitor employees’ activities, both at home and at the office. Internet companies have the right to place “cookies” in your computer, which constantly transmits info about your computer to the company. Hackers can break into your system and extract credit card numbers, social security, bank accounts and other personal, vital information. How can you establish what is and isn’t yours in cyber-space? If you have a free e-mail provider, such as Hotmail, do you own the account, or does Microsoft? These are all broad questions that have to be looked at in closer detail in order to have an idea of what is morally and ethically right.
Some say that what employees do at home and what they do at the work place are two different things and should not be mixed. So, if an employer who is ...