Post University Responsibility as an IT Professional in Todays world Paper

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In this Mod we've seen how the Internet can be used to spy on us, to steal from us and to invade our privacy. The Internet can also be a powerful force for change and can be used to shed light on a variety of important social and political issues.


For your final paper I want you to think about your position as a member of the information technology industry. As you enter the workplace you will find yourself confronted with ethical questions relating to the Internet and to computing in general. You might be asked to write software that collects information about people without their knowledge. You may see the possibility to create real change in the world through the power of online media. You may have to decide if the work you are being asked to do is ethical. Such decisions are important to your career and to the quality of your life. A bad decision, even if made in good faith could have disastrous results, just ask the twenty-five members of Anonymous who were arrested in February of 2012.

What is your responsibility, as an I.T. Professional in Today's world? How would you balance the need to keep government and corporate data hidden with the legitimate need for whistle blowers? How would you allow people to maintain the privacy of their medical and financial records, while making it possible for companies to advertise products that are interesting and useful to consumers? Where would you draw the dividing line between what's useful (to companies, governments, to the public) and what's ethical and appropriate.

Make sure to thoroughly answer my 3-point analysis:

  • How would you keep both online privacy and freedom(means information fluidity) intact?
  • How would you distinguish right from wrong choices?
  • How would you promote IT needs without violating any IP (Intellectual Property) rights



Your paper should be six pages; double spaced, and should follow A.P.A. Style (see the previously posted APA tutorial). Be sure to cite sources for your argument and to use quotations correctly. Provide a reference section and a cover page. The paper should be submitted in Microsoft Word.

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Responsibility, as an I.T. Professional in Today's world:

This paper will discuss what the responsibilities as an IT Professional are in Today’s World. It
will also discuss the importance of maintaining the government and corporate data hidden with
the legitimate need for whistle blowers. The paper will also cover how to maintain the privacy
of medical and finical records and also allowing companies to market their products to those
consumers that are interested. Finally, the paper will discuss finding the balance with companies,
government,

and

the

public

and

what

is

ethical

and

appropriate

What is a whistle blower, what probably comes to mind is a person pulling a device that sounds
an alarm altering everyone its break time or time to quit work. Barnett defines Whistleblowers
as those individuals who call attention to possible wrongdoing within their organizations, are the
subjects of much controversy (1992). No longer are employees standing by and letting companies
get away with corporate wrong doing. More morally and ethically minded employees are risking
their jobs by speaking out. They are three conditions necessary to effectively manage
whistleblowing. First, employees must be informed of the appropriate steps to take in the
communicating their ethical concerns internally. Employees should not live in fear of reprisal by
speaking out. They need to know they have a safe place they can turn to when they feel something
is wrong. Second, employees must believe that their concerns will be taken seriously and will be
investigated. An employee needs to believe that they are being taken seriously and not simply
brushed aside. Employees will not come forward if they feel they are not going the proper time
of day. Third, an employee must feel confident that they not suffer personal reprisals of using
internal channels to report perceived wrongdoing. If a worker lives in fear they are going to lose
their job, they will not report it through internal channels.

Balance the need to keep government and corporate data hidden with the
legitimate need for whistle blowers:
‘National security’ is one of the main reasons governments cite when they restrict human
rights– online or elsewhere. It can be a legitimate reason to restrict certain rights, including
privacy, but this must be within the strict rules of necessity and proportionality. But in reality,
national security is very often abused and used as a pretext for all sorts of human rights
violations, from torture, to arbitrary detention and silencing of divergent opinions. When it
comes to the behaviour of spy agencies, ‘national security’ is trotted out by default. Secrecy
laws, criminalization of the disclosure of information and intimidation are used to quash
attempts to expose the excesses of security agencies. And of course, national security is used
to justify indiscriminate mass surveillance by spy agencies across the world

Edward Snowden exposed a programme of unlawful surveillance that violates the privacy of
millions of people worldwide. The US government charged him under the Espionage Act,
which would preclude him from launching a public interest whistle-blowing defence under US
law. If prosecuted and found guilty, he could face imprisonment of up to 10 years per charge.
This would amount to persecution of a whistleblower who exposed massive human rights
violations on a global scale.

But, the US government has not stopped at this. For a year, it has exercised its political muscle
to pressure various governments to prevent Snowden from entering their countries or even
crossing their airspace. As a result, he is living with temporary asylum in Russia and several
European governments have blocked attempts, including by parliamentarians, to invite him to
speak in their countries.

Detractors who criticize his disclosures ignore the extreme secrecy under which surveillance
programmes have been running for years. Without whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, the

excesses of security agencies, and particularly spy agencies, will remain hidden. Government
officials who authorize them will remain shielded from accountability.

This is why the protection of whistleblowers is critical to the rule...


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