Ethical issues in ICT

Ethical issues in using technology

ICT has given rise to a host of legal and ethical issues. Preservice and inservice teachers need to know a reasonable amount about these issues. Because of their positions as teachers or potential teachers, they need to be above reproach.


Preservice and inservice teachers need to carefully examine their own role modeling in areas such as:
~Stealing software. (This includes all aspects of making and/or using illegal copies of software).
~Plagiarizing. It is exceedingly easy to do "cut and paste" without referencing the source and without paying attention to copyright laws.
~Making illegal or unethical use of ICT facilities.
Damaging, destroying, stealing, and illegally using ICT facilities and files that belong to others.

Link: http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AVk0HG91eeyyZGhmbnN3Z2dfMzBjNGh3MjZnYw&hl=en