Netiquette and Ethics

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Netiquette and Ethics
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The 10 Rules of Netiquette

• What is netiquette? Simply stated, it's network
  etiquette.

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1. Remember the Human

• The golden rule your parents and your
  kindergarten teacher taught you was pretty
  simple do unto others as you'd have others do
  unto you.
• Imagine how you'd feel if you were in the other
  person's shoes.

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2. Adhere to Real Life Standards

• Adhere to the same standards of behavior online
  that you follow in real life.
• Don't believe anyone who says, "the only ethics
  out there are what you can get away with."
• Breaking the law is bad netiquette.

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3. Know Where You Are in Cyberspace

• Netiquette varies from domain to domain.
• What's perfectly acceptable in one area may be
  dreadfully rude in another.
• For example, in most TV discussion groups,
  passing on idle gossip is perfectly permissible.
  But throwing around unsubstantiated rumors in a
  journalists' mailing list will make you very
  unpopular there.

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4. Respect Other People's Time Bandwidth

• When you send email or post to a discussion
  group, you're taking up other people's time.
• It's your responsibility to ensure that the time
  they spend reading your posting isn't wasted.

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5. Make Yourself Look Good Online

• Don't give the impression that the net is a cold,
  cruel place full of people who just can't wait to
  insult each other.
• You won't be judged by the color of your skin,
  eyes, or hair, your weight, your age, or your
  clothing.

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6. Share Expert Knowledge

• Help to increase knowledge of other users

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7. Help Keep Flame Wars Under Control

• "Flaming" is what people do when they express a
  strongly held opinion without holding back any
  emotion.

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8. Respect Other People's Privacy

• Of course, you'd never dream of going through
  your colleagues' desk drawers. So naturally you
  wouldn't read their email either.

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9. Don't Abuse Your Power

• Knowing more than others, or having more power
  than they do, does not give you the right to take
  advantage of them.

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10. Be Forgiving of Other People's Mistakes

• Everyone was a network newbie once.
• Having good manners yourself doesn't give you
  license to correct everyone else.

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Computer Ethics

• Ethics is the field of study that is concerned
  with questions of value, that is, judgments about
  what behavior is "good" or "bad".
• Ethical judgments are no different in the area of
  computing from those in any other area. Computers
  raise problems of privacy, ownership, theft, and
  power, to name but a few.

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Why Are Ethics Compromised

• Greed
• Revenge
• To get attention

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Virus Writers

• People who write viruses are usually people that
  would like to get attention. They would like for
  people to know how smart or how good of a
  programmer they are.
• They also may be writing viruses because they
  want to feel like they are getting back at
  society in some strange way.

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Hackers

• Hackers are usually associated with greed. They
  are trying to break in and gain something.
• Some hackers may be trying gain attention.

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Dont Confuse Stuff With Success

• You are neither a better or worse person for
  the kind of car you drive, the size of your home,
  or the performance of your mutual funds. Remember
  what really matters in your life.

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Imagine

• Imagine for a moment that today was your last
  day on Earth. Now, make a list for yourself of
  all the things that you feel you have
  accomplished, all the things you are proud of,
  and all the things that make you happy.

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What Is on Your List

• Your car
• Your stereo
• Your television
• Your salary

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No

• What is on the list are the fundamental
  elements of a satisfied life your relationship
  with friends and family, the contribution you
  have made to others lives, the celebrated events
  of your life. Those are the building blocks of
  your list.

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• Many of us live day to day as if the opposite
  was true. Instead of appreciating what is truly
  important and making that our priority, we
  collect things and indicators of success without
  questioning just what success really means.

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Surveys and Daily Observations

• In a study using surveys and daily observation,
  the availability of material resources was nine
  times less important to happiness than the
  availability of personal resources such as
  friends and family.
• Diener and Fujita 1995

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Computer Ethics

• 10 Dos and Donts

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Do . . .

• think about the social consequences of
  information put on the computer.
• use a computer in ways that show consideration
  and respect.

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Dont . . .

• use a computer to harm other people.
• interfere with other peoples computer work.
• snoop around in, or copy, other peoples files.
• use a computer to steal.

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Dont . . .

• use a computer to spread lies or rumors.
• use or copy software for which you have not paid.
  (unless its shareware)
• use other peoples computer resources without
  authorization.
• use other peoples intellectual property without
  their consent.

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Summarize

• Dont take the risk of being unethical because
  you think that the personal gain will make you
  happy.
• Youll find that the guilt of being unethical
  will hinder your ability to find enjoyment from
  what you may have acquired.

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Any Questions ?