Author(s): Alsultanny Y.
Article publication date: 2011-12-01
Vol. 29 No. 3/4 (yearly), pp. 192-202.
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Keywords

Computer ethics, information systems, piracy, information security, e-commerce.

Abstract

Computer ethics represented by computer ethics rules that must govern and regulate the relationship between all the groups benefiting from the computer and by maintaining the security and privacy of information through the three main parties; They are the beneficiaries, suppliers of telecommunications service providers and software suppliers. Party mediator between the three parties is the legislative and regulatory bodies. The last group must be established by all the countries, which include the experts in the field of information technology and communication as well as the legislator’s laws. The countries need regulatory institutions, that responsible for monitoring and follow-up the rule and laws that govern the computer ethics, to maintain the privacy of individuals and institutions, especially after the application of e-government in most countries of the world, and increased use of electronic commerce. Internet Information faces many breakthroughs in order to steal information or fraud to steal money. This is in addition to the need to protect youth and adolescents of the ideas and ethics that are offensive to communities and be an agent for demolition instead of being the progress factor of the society. It is therefore essential teaching of the ethics of computer use in schools and universities, organize workshops or forums relay everything novice in this area, and the opening of specialized programs at universities to provide the society for specialists in this area, has been addressed in this research the concept of globalization and the ethics of the profession of computer and their impact on different aspects of life, through the steady increase in Internet users and increase e-commerce applications. This has been addressed also to the more computer applications annoy for Internet users and to the kinds of breakthroughs that face individuals and institutions. So it was proposing a set of principles that must be followed, including the need to establish a foundation organized sector use of information systems and the Internet on the level of each country, in addition to creating a global institution with a membership of all countries in the world to follow up and regulate the use of information systems and the Internet, in line with the legislation of these countries with respect for each nation of laws and legislation of other countries in the organization of sector use of information systems.