Gender Influences on Ethical Considerations in the IT Environment

2008 ◽  
pp. 2615-2622
Author(s):  
Jessica Leong
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Nichomachean Ethics ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Gender Influences ◽  
Do So

We become just by performing just actions. —Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, 4th century, B.C. (Miner & Rawson, 2000) From the opening statement, it is evident that ethics has played a part in our everyday lives since the beginning of time, and still continues to do so. Another aspect of our lives that has become increasingly widespread is the use of information technology. In the Information Age, it is not often that we link ethics and information technology (IT). This article examines the link between ethics and IT, and the influence of gender on ethical considerations in the IT environment.

Gender Influences on Ethical Considerations in the IT Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 649-655
Author(s):  
Jessica Leong
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Nichomachean Ethics ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Gender Influences ◽  
Do So

We become just by performing just actions. —Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, 4th century, B.C. (Miner & Rawson, 2000) From the opening statement, it is evident that ethics has played a part in our everyday lives since the beginning of time, and still continues to do so. Another aspect of our lives that has become increasingly widespread is the use of information technology. In the Information Age, it is not often that we link ethics and information technology (IT). This article examines the link between ethics and IT, and the influence of gender on ethical considerations in the IT environment.

scholarly journals Challenges in the work of intelligence services in the information age

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-161
Author(s):  
Milan Miljković
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Structure ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Information Revolution ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Modern Information Technology ◽  
Intelligence Services ◽  
Analytical Work ◽  
Modern Information ◽  
The Impact

The collection and analytical work of modern intelligence services faces numerous challenges because the environment in which the services operate is characterized by the need for rapid data collection, analysis and decision-making, almost in real time. When we consider security work, the growing dependence on modern information technology makes the information structure of services sensitive and "vulnerable" to information attacks. Also, the application of information operations as a form of performing secret actions has been updated. Information technology has also changed the relationship between the service and users, introduced the possibility of applying the "pull" architecture for obtaining information, which, in addition to the good sides, also brings certain challenges. Due to all the above, the intelligence services are adapting to the technological, organizational and cultural changes brought about by the information revolution. The paper reviews the challenges in the work of modern intelligence services, primarily from the aspect of the impact of mass application of modern information technology on operational and analytical work, as well as the application of secret actions in the work of services. The aim of this paper is to point out the numerous challenges that the information revolution brings to modern intelligence services. A comparative analysis of the presented research material leads to the conclusion that the services encounter new tasks and ways of functioning in all their activities, which ultimately raises the sensitive issue of their reform. The conclusion reached in this paper is that the reform of intelligence services in the "information age" is in any case necessary, but that its implementation should not be revolutionary, but must be carried out evolutionarily.

scholarly journals Online Life Writing

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-150
Author(s):  
Silvia Schultermandl
Keyword(s):  
Life Style ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Life Writing ◽  
The Political ◽  
Online Media ◽  
The Past ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Literary Market ◽  
Do So

In lieu of an abstract, here is the first paragraph of this contribution to this forum: The advent of Facebook in 2004, Twitter in 2006, Tumblr in 2007, Instagram and Pinterest in 2010, and Snapchat and Google+ in 2011 facilitated the emergence of “everyday” autobiographies out of keeping with memoir practices of the past.[1] These “quick media” enable constant, instantaneous, and seemingly organic expressions of everyday lives.[2] To read quick media as “autobiographical acts” allows us to analyze how people mobilize online media as representations of their lives and the lives of others.[3] They do so through a wide range of topics including YouTube testimonials posted by asylum seekers (Whitlock 2015) and the life-style oriented content on Pinterest.[4] To be sure, the political content of these different quick media life writing varies greatly. Nevertheless, in line with the feminist credo that the personal is political, these expressions of selfhood are indicative of specific societal and political contexts and thus contribute to the memoir boom long noticed on the literary market.[5]

(Re)Fashioning Masculinity: Social Identity and Context in Men’s Hybrid Masculinities through Dress

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 638-662 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Barry
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Gender Identities ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Do So

Modern Western society has framed fashion in opposition to hegemonic masculinity. However, fashion functions as a principal means by which men’s visible gender identities are established as not only different from women but also from other men. This article draws on the concept of hybrid masculinities and on wardrobe interviews with Canadian men across social identities to explore how men enact masculinities through dress. I illustrate three ways men do hybrid masculinities by selecting, styling, and wearing clothing in their everyday lives. The differences between these three hybrid masculine configurations of practice are based on the extent to which men’s personal and professional social identities were associated with hegemonic masculine ideals as well as the extent to which those ideals shaped the settings in which they were situated. Although participants had different constellations of gender privilege, they all used dress to reinforce hegemonic masculinity, gain social advantages, and subsequently preserve the gender order. Failing to do so could put them personally and professionally at risk. My research nuances the hybrid masculinities framework by demonstrating how its enactment is shaped by the intersection between men’s social identities and social contexts.

The Kind Master is Petting Puppies - Transmutation of the Simplified Populist Rhetoric into Instagram Photography

2020 ◽  
pp. 28-31
Author(s):  
Teja Miholič
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Do So

The communication power of the social network Instagram is important to address due to its relaxed nature of presenting details from the ordinary lives of individuals. A comparison of the manners in which influencers and politicians represent themselves brings to front a changed dynamic of social power, as it is available online to anyone who can persuade followers to identify with them or to wish to do so in the future. Two ways of identification with an influencer are assumed, namely increasing and decreasing of distance between them and their followers. The text focuses on the latter, where politicians approach the people by showing the banality of their everyday lives. After reviewing the profiles of two Slovenian politicians, a noticeable pattern is that they most often do so with photographs of puppies and kittens. Keywords: populists’ rhetoric, master, Instagram, politics, pets, selfie

Ethical E-Health

2017 ◽  
pp. 1414-1426
Author(s):  
Debarati Das ◽  
Prasenjit Maji ◽  
Goutami Dey ◽  
Nilanjan Dey
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Do So ◽  
Easy Solution ◽  
The Way

E-health is a rising star that marks the collaboration of medical science and information technology, a ray of hope promising a glorious future of health and prosperity, an easy solution to rely on when in need of medical assistance. But the question arises is E-health an absolute spotless option? In this paper we question the integrity with which e-health is being practised, is the code of ethics being diligently followed? And if not then is ethical e-health entirely impossible? It is of utmost importance to encourage the motivational thinkers who have taken the initiative to provide a better and quicker solution to all health problems by integrating health services and information technology. To do so it becomes necessary to remove the barriers in the way of ethical E-health.

Ethical E-Health

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debarati Das ◽  
Prasenjit Maji ◽  
Goutami Dey ◽  
Nilanjan Dey
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Medical Science ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Medical Assistance ◽  
Do So ◽  
Easy Solution ◽  
The Way

E-health is a rising star that marks the collaboration of medical science and information technology, a ray of hope promising a glorious future of health and prosperity, an easy solution to rely on when in need of medical assistance. But the question arises is E-health an absolute spotless option? In this paper we question the integrity with which e-health is being practised, is the code of ethics being diligently followed? And if not then is ethical e-health entirely impossible? It is of utmost importance to encourage the motivational thinkers who have taken the initiative to provide a better and quicker solution to all health problems by integrating health services and information technology. To do so it becomes necessary to remove the barriers in the way of ethical E-health.

Information Technology Among U.S. Local Governments

2008 ◽  
pp. 132-144
Author(s):  
Donald F. Norris
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Large Body ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Do So

The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the adoption, uses, and impacts of information technology (IT), including electronic government, among local governments in the United States1. In the 1950s, these governments began to adopt IT for a variety of purposes and functions, and they continue to do so today. Since at least the mid 1970s, a small, but prolific group of scholars has conducted a large body of research on various aspects of IT and local government.2 It is from that research and my own studies into this subject that I have based this chapter (regarding e-government, see also, Norris, 2006). Given the constraint of space, this chapter can only highlight aspects of this important topic. Readers who wish to delve more deeply into the subject of information technology and local government may wish to avail themselves of the works found in the bibliography as well as references from other, related works which can be found through those works.

COCA

2011 ◽  
pp. 327-348
Author(s):  
Youcef Baghdadi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Building Block ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Management Information Systems ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Fundamental Building Block ◽  
Complete Set

This chapter introduces the concept-oriented course architecture (COCA); an architecture that utilizes IS concept as a fundamental building block to guide a methodology for designing and teaching IS courses. COCA aims at supporting rapid composition of IS course/curriculum out of a sound and complete set of IS concepts provided by well-specified business models, market or standardization organizations such as ACM and IEEE. COCA is defined, composed of three roles: (R1) concept providers, (R2) a concepts registry, and (R3) IS course/curriculum designers. These roles interact through four operations in order to design/teach an IS course/curriculum: (O1) publish, (O2) consider, (O3) validate, and (O4) teach. This methodology, based on a flexible, scalable, well-specified architecture of the IS concepts and their organization, will assist the complex and resource-consuming task of designing and teaching IS courses in the information age, where the IS tools, including management information systems (MIS) and information technology (IT) are rapidly evolving.

Computing Ethics, Intercultural Comparisons

2011 ◽  
pp. 189-205
Author(s):  
Darryl Macer
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Access To Knowledge ◽  
Free Flow Of Information ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Positive Support

Computers are a vehicle for the information age, and are central to the dispersal of descriptive accounts of technology, and to interactive discussion between growing communities. Despite the commitment of all countries to free flow of information and access to knowledge sources based upon social justice there are still ethical problems of the digital divide. The attitudes of respondents towards science and computers in both Japan and Thailand is compared between 1993 and a decades later. There is more positive support towards science and technology in general in Thailand than in Japan, but both countries continue to be positive in attitude. There is a clear social mandate in both countries for their government policies promoting the development of information technology and science and technology in general. The perception of benefits and the worries about computers are discussed, as are some emerging issues.

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