Principles of technological ethics include: -
(a) Honesty and trustworthy – a honest computing professional should not make
deliberate or deceptive claims about a system or systems design, but should
instead provide full disclosure of all pertinent system limitations and problems.
(b) Privacy - it is the responsibility of professionals to maintain the privacy and
integrity of data describing individuals. Data should be protected from
unauthorized access.
(c) Integrity – the information users and professionals should maintain integrity in
use of the information. This ensure the accuracy and reliability of the
information stored on computers.
(d) Confidentiality – this involves respecting of data which touches on individuals.
This is to respect all obligations of confidentiality to employers, clients and users
unless disclosure is required by law.
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