RULES OF NETIQUETTE AND AREAS OF COMPUTER ETHICS

Rules of Netiquette

•         Netiquette, or net etiquette, refers to etiquette on the Internet. 
•         Is the code of acceptable behaviours users should follow while on the Internet or online or cyberspace.
•         It is the conduct expected of individuals while online.
•         Rules for all aspects of the:

           -World Wide Web

           -E-mail

           -Instant Messaging

           -Chat rooms

           -Newsgroups & message board

When does the rules apply? 

Anytime when you are using…

•Chatting online 

•Using email

•Posting to a discussion

•Blogging

•Playing online games

•Social media

•Using web

•Internet messaging

•FTP

Areas Of Computer Ethics

Definition of Computer Ethics:

•      The moral guidelines that govern the use of computers, mobile devices and information systems.

Information Accuracy

•        One of the concern because many users access information maintained by other people or companies, such as on the Internet.
•          Do not assume all the information on the Web is correct.
•          Users should evaluate the value of a Web page before relying on its content
•         Be aware that the organization providing access to the information may not be the creator of the information.

Green Computing

•      Green computing is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and their resources. In broader terms, it is also defined as the study of designing, manufacturing/engineering, using and disposing of computing devices in a way that reduces their environmental impact.
•         Involves reducing the electricity and environmental waste while using a computer.
•         Society has become aware of this waste and is taking measures to combat it.

Codes of Conduct

•           Written guideline that helps determine whether a specific action is ethical/unethical or allowed/not allowed.

Information Technology

•          The right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection, use, and dissemination of information about them.
•         The privacy of personal information and usually relates to personal data stored on computer systems.
•         The need to maintain information privacy is applicable to collected personal information such as medical records, financial data, criminal records, political records, business related information or website data.
•          Information privacy is also known as data privacy.

Intellectual Property

- To protect any original work that created by individual person/ company for example, image, drawing, lyric, publishing and so on. Preserve the features and processes that make things work. This lets inventors profit from their inventions.

•          Patent
•          Trademark
•          Copyright

Patent

•       A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a government to an inventor or applicant for a limited amount of time (normally 20 years from the filing date).
•          It is a legal document defining ownership of a particular area of new technology.
•         Invention - a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.
•         The right granted by a patent excludes all others from making, using, or selling an invention or products made by an invented process. 

Trademark

•        Trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design, combination of letters or numbers, or other device that identifies and distinguishes products and services in the marketplace.
•         Or a distinctive sign which identifies certain goods or services.
•         Or can be any distinctive name or logo.

Copyright

Definition:

•              Protection provided to the authors of “original works” and includes such things as literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual creations, both published and unpublished.