Ethics

Ethics and Information Communications Technology

Mihir Mehta

Abstract

In the recent times , Information and Communications Technology has brought about many changes in the way we live , study , conduct business communicate , entertain ourselves so on . Most of these changes have been for the better . These benefits have brought along some problems also - not due to the new technology but due to our unethical behavior Today there are many areas wherein ethics has a much stronger impact with ICT than without ICT

Ethical dilemmas offer no right or wrong answers - only the

personal qualities of a person determines ethical behavior . Ground realities point to the laws being generally lagging behind technology and therefore , ethical behavior is more critical from ICT perspective

In this document , we examine what the new technology has brought to us how inadvertently it has also become a party to the new problems we have been encountering , what are ethical issues related with these problems and how it is possible to safeguard ourselves from facing such problems

At the outset , pl . examine closely the following screen shot (Figure 1 ) of a bank 's web site . This is one of the largest banks among the most techno-savvy companies in the country . This screen is a gateway to the customers for entry into the web site , after which they can perform banking transactions including critical ones like bill payments fund transfers

Figure 1 (There is some difference because the screen shot for the correct site was taken recently and not when...