1. Computer Ethics By: Paola Ariza

4. 1. Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. 2. Thou shalt not interfere with other people's computer work. 3. Thou shalt not snoop around in other people's computer files. 4. Thou shalt not use a computer to steal. 5. Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness. 6. Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid. 7. Thou shalt not use other people's computer resources without authorization or proper compensation. 8. Thou shalt not appropriate other people's intellectual output. 9. Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you are writing or the system you are designing. 10. Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that ensure consideration and respect for your fellow humans The Ten Commandments On Computer Ethics

5. Computers are often far more efficient than humans in performing many tasks. In the industrialized world many workers already have been replaced by computerized devices -- bank tellers, auto workers, telephone operators, typists, graphic artists, security guards, assembly-line workers, and on and on. Even professionals like medical doctors, lawyers, teachers, accountants and psychologists are finding that computers can perform many of their traditional professional duties quite effectively.

6. Why do we need computer ethics? The growth of the WWW has created several novel legal issues The existence of new questions that older laws cannot answer Traditional laws are outdated/anachronistic in this world a more coherent body of law is needed to govern Internet and computers

9. Ethics is a set o f moral principles that govern individual or a group on what is acceptable behaviour while using a computer. Computer ethics is set o f moral principles that govern the usage o f computers. One o f the common issue o f computer ethics is violation o f copyright issues. Duplicating the copyrighted content without the authors approval , accessing personal in f ormation o f others are some o f the examples that violate ethical principles.