Legal and Ethical considerations for Computer Users [edited 10/08/07 ADA}]
(3) AUP: Most
organizations have an AUP, a statement of acceptable use practices when
using computers and the Internet.
Acceptable Use Policy, or AUP, is an agreement between employer and
employee, or between a company or establishment and its users which
deals with privacy, legal, and violation guidelines where the use of
computers and the Internet is concerned. By signing this agreement,
the user promises not to expose the company to legal, personal, or
electronic risks, such as viruses or the compromise of the computers'
network systems. When AUP is used in the context of an educational
environment, this agreement extends to both the teachers and faculty
members and to the attending
students.
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(6) Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) December
2000
Enacted in December of 2000, the Children's
Internet Protection Act
stemmed from parents' concerns regarding the content that their
children were exposed to outside of the home. Specifically, the act
concentrates on computer available to children at school and in
libraries. Basically, these establishments funded by government
programs must include on their systems a programs that protects
students from mature or otherwise inappropriate content. For more
specific information and guidelines of the CIPA, visit the Federal
Communications Commission website.
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(7) Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 http://www.ftc.gov.
The Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act of 1998 places certain
guidelines and restrictions on information obtained from and posted
online about any child under thirteen years of age. No personal
information about such a child may be obtained or posted online. For a
teacher it is important to remember that any
information shared through the class website may not include that of
the students. Even student names may not be revealed without parent or
guardian consent.
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This law was rejected by a federal judge
March 06. Congress is now working on a revision "The
Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2007"
(8) Spam Law CAN-SPAM
Act of 2003 Wordy, its a law, scroll down to become
knowledgeable
of material in "Sec. 1037. Fraud and related activity in
connection
with electronic mail". So far has had little effect[F04]!
(9) US SAFE WEB Act "Today, American consumers fall
victim to foreign con artists in ways unknown just a few years ago. To
address this problem, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or
“Commission”) recommends legislation to Congress entitled the
“Undertaking Spam, Spy ware, And Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers
across
Borders Act of 2005” (the “US SAFE WEB Act”)". This law was
passed December 9, 2006. It is designed to recognize borderless
con games requiring the FTC to give ans share information with other
governments in order to stop a variety of crimes from the Nigerian 419 frauds to
more sophisticated identity theft through the Internet.
(9) Legal/Ethical Plagiarism Definitions
of plagiarism vary among cultures and authorship of
academic/professional articles varies between professions in the
US. Regardless of these differences there are well accepted
norms defining general use of material written by others and
established methods of how to use and cite material created or reported
by other others. This discussion
of plagiarism by Earl Babbie clarifies the meaning for a college
student. This is how one
class syllabus defines plagiarism. For all academic papers
one
should appropriately cite sources. The specifics of citing
references varies so check with your professor, thesis committee or
requirements for professional papers. Some specifics can be found
at: APSA
(American Political Science Association) ASA
(American Sociological Association Documentation Style), Etc
[APA, MLA,...].