Social and ethical issues
Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of IT systems. These may include:
• the economic value of information
• environmental issues related to the production of computer components and supplies
• environmental issues related to the disposal of obsolete hardware and computer supplies
• health issues and ergonomics related to the use of hardware
• password protection, security, biometrics and authorized access
• issues related to viruses on both stand-alone and network systems
• greater dependence of organizations on IT
• increase in teleworking and the virtual office
• the need for ongoing training and retraining
• the economic and psychological implications of planned IT obsolescence in hardware, software and services, which has been forced on consumers by the IT industry
• organizational policies and standards, for example, e-mail, surveillance and monitoring policies.
Knowledge of technology
In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of IT systems, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:
• use, advantages and disadvantages of analogue and digital data
• operating systems (multitasking, boot) and utilities, for example, defragment, disk
format, virus scan programs
• responsible computer use (for example, regular back-ups, virus checking, security, storage, housekeeping)
• a responsible and systematic approach to implementing or upgrading IT systems, for example, analysis, design, implementation, testing, evaluation, training, policies and standards.
For more on the basics of your computer and what is inside the box?...
Social and ethical issues
Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of
networks. These may include:
• vulnerability of networks to intrusion
• ability to implement different levels of access
• implications of network failure, for example, banks, transportation, hospitals,
schools
• implications of collaboration, groupware and data sharing
• threat of compromising data integrity in shared databases
• additional threats to privacy on a network compared with stand-alone computers
• the need to authenticate information
• intellectual property protection on networks, for example, site licences, file access
• equality of access for different groups and individuals
• ability to monitor users (surveillance); concerns of people regarding monitoring
• ability to filter incoming data
• ability to control personal, business, military, government operations over a wide geographical area
• increased globalization, for example, EFT, EDI, e-commerce
• need for interface standards
• need for network use policy.
International Commerce: Management of transnational corporations, business concentration E-commerce: Teleshopping, online marketing, data mining, spyware
Retailng, advertising and media
Year 12 Term 2
2.1 Basics: Hardware and Networks
2.1.1 System Fundamentals
Social and ethical issues
Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of IT systems. These may include:
• the economic value of information
• environmental issues related to the production of computer components and supplies
• environmental issues related to the disposal of obsolete hardware and computer supplies
• health issues and ergonomics related to the use of hardware
• password protection, security, biometrics and authorized access
• issues related to viruses on both stand-alone and network systems
• greater dependence of organizations on IT
• increase in teleworking and the virtual office
• the need for ongoing training and retraining
• the economic and psychological implications of planned IT obsolescence in hardware, software and services, which has been forced on consumers by the IT industry
• organizational policies and standards, for example, e-mail, surveillance and monitoring policies.
Knowledge of technology
In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of IT systems, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:
• use, advantages and disadvantages of analogue and digital data
• operating systems (multitasking, boot) and utilities, for example, defragment, disk
format, virus scan programs
• responsible computer use (for example, regular back-ups, virus checking, security, storage, housekeeping)
• a responsible and systematic approach to implementing or upgrading IT systems, for example, analysis, design, implementation, testing, evaluation, training, policies and standards.
For more on the basics of your computer and what is inside the box?...
2.1.2 Networks
Social and ethical issues
Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of
networks. These may include:
• vulnerability of networks to intrusion
• ability to implement different levels of access
• implications of network failure, for example, banks, transportation, hospitals,
schools
• implications of collaboration, groupware and data sharing
• threat of compromising data integrity in shared databases
• additional threats to privacy on a network compared with stand-alone computers
• the need to authenticate information
• intellectual property protection on networks, for example, site licences, file access
• equality of access for different groups and individuals
• ability to monitor users (surveillance); concerns of people regarding monitoring
• ability to filter incoming data
• ability to control personal, business, military, government operations over a wide geographical area
• increased globalization, for example, EFT, EDI, e-commerce
• need for interface standards
• need for network use policy.
About Network Basics
About Network Security
About Social Issues of Networks
System Fundamentals Key Terminology
3.1 Business & Employment
Transportation: Reservation Systems, luggage processing, navigation, scehduling and distribution,
traffic simulations, smart roads and cars, fuel efficiency and traffic safety systems
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Employment: Electronic employee monitoring, telecommuting, ergonomics and health
job obsolescence and retraining, online job search, employee surveillance
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Then to work on Employee monitoring, Health and Safety, People at work.
Banking & Finance: EFT, ATMs, Internet Banking and brokerage, electronic cash, insurance
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International Commerce: Management of transnational corporations, business concentration
E-commerce: Teleshopping, online marketing, data mining, spyware
Retailng, advertising and media
For more...
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