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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" dir="ltr" class="client-nojs"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <title>Ethics - EITBOK</title> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.25.1" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/opensearch_desc.php" title="EITBOK (en)" /> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="http://eitbokwiki.org/api.php?action=rsd" /> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="/Ethics" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="EITBOK Atom feed" href="/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://eitbokwiki.org/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=mediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cmediawiki.sectionAnchor%7Cmediawiki.skinning.interface%7Cmediawiki.ui.button%7Cskins.vector.styles&only=styles&skin=vector&*" /> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content="" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://eitbokwiki.org/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=site&only=styles&skin=vector&*" /> <style>a:lang(ar),a:lang(kk-arab),a:lang(mzn),a:lang(ps),a:lang(ur){text-decoration:none} /* cache key: eitbok_prod:resourceloader:filter:minify-css:7:83f120156815fcec643f4e90aceea6d4 */</style> <script src="http://eitbokwiki.org/load.php?debug=false&lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&skin=vector&*"></script> <script>if(window.mw){ mw.config.set({"wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Ethics","wgTitle":"Ethics","wgCurRevisionId":1851,"wgRevisionId":1851,"wgArticleId":69,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":[],"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy","wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgMonthNamesShort":["","Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],"wgRelevantPageName":"Ethics","wgRelevantArticleId":69,"wgIsProbablyEditable":false,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgCargoMapClusteringMinimum":80,"wgCargoMonthNames":["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgCargoMonthNamesShort":["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],"wgCargoWeekDays":["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"],"wgCargoWeekDaysShort":["Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"],"sfgAutocompleteValues":[],"sfgAutocompleteOnAllChars":false,"sfgFieldProperties":[],"sfgCargoFields":[],"sfgDependentFields":[],"sfgShowOnSelect":[],"sfgScriptPath":"/extensions/SemanticForms","edgValues":null,"sfgEDSettings":null,"wgCollapsibleVectorEnabledModules":{"collapsiblenav":true,"experiments":true}}); }</script><script>if(window.mw){ mw.loader.implement("user.options",function($,jQuery){mw.user.options.set({"variant":"en"});});mw.loader.implement("user.tokens",function($,jQuery){mw.user.tokens.set({"editToken":"+\\","patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\"});}); /* cache key: eitbok_prod:resourceloader:filter:minify-js:7:a5c52c063dc436c1ca7c9f456936a5e9 */ }</script> <script>if(window.mw){ mw.loader.load(["mediawiki.page.startup","mediawiki.legacy.wikibits","mediawiki.legacy.ajax","skins.vector.js"]); }</script>  </head> <body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr ns-0 ns-subject page-Ethics skin-vector action-view"> <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main"> <a id="top"></a> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Ethics</h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content"> <div id="siteSub">From EITBOK</div> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump"> Jump to: <a href="#mw-head">navigation</a>, <a href="#p-search">search</a> </div> <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><p><i>This chapter is under construction and the full text will be included in a future update to the EITBOK.</i></p> <p> </p> <p>Ethical behaviors in an organization are judged relative to their cultural and regulatory framework. In some countries, money paid to gain business advantage is seen as neither unethical nor illegal.</p> <ul> <li>Ethical assertions should be expressed in EIT, tied to the overall business code of ethics, and signed off by all staff so that violations can be cause for reprimand or dismissal. </li> <li>Vendors should be held to similar ethical standards.</li> <li>A code of EIT ethics is created, and socialized.</li> <li>Lists of employees who have signed off on the code are maintained by EIT governance.</li> </ul> <p>EIT ethical topics include those that may also be illegal, such as: </p> <ul> <li>Consideration of the social impact of the work at hand鈥攊f it will cause harm</li> <li>Alignment of business and EIT strategies and policies to an ethical standard</li> <li>Incorporation of the ideals of professionalism </li> <li>Adherence to applicable regulatory intent</li> <li>Protection for whistle blowers</li> </ul> <p>Call out these things specifically:</p> <ul> <li>Activities that interfere with or corrupt the proper function of computers, applications and systems</li> <li>Activities that interfere with digital privacy or intellectual rights of others</li> <li>Respect for confidentiality, privacy, permissions, and access rights </li> <li>Inappropriate bias (skewing) of analysis and reporting</li> <li>Inaction in the face of likely ethics violations</li> </ul>    </div> <div class="printfooter"> Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="http://eitbokwiki.org/index.php?title=Ethics&oldid=1851">http://eitbokwiki.org/index.php?title=Ethics&oldid=1851</a>" </div> <div id='catlinks' class='catlinks catlinks-allhidden'></div> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> <div id="mw-navigation"> <h2>Navigation menu</h2> <div id="mw-head"> <div id="p-personal" role="navigation" class="" aria-labelledby="p-personal-label"> <h3 id="p-personal-label">Personal tools</h3> <ul> <li id="pt-login"><a href="/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Ethics" title="You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]" accesskey="o">Log in</a></li><li id="pt-createaccount"><a href="/Special:RequestAccount" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory">Request account</a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="left-navigation"> <div id="p-namespaces" role="navigation" class="vectorTabs" aria-labelledby="p-namespaces-label"> <h3 id="p-namespaces-label">Namespaces</h3> <ul> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected"><span><a href="/Ethics" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c">Page</a></span></li> <li id="ca-talk" class="new"><span><a href="/index.php?title=Talk:Ethics&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Discussion about the content page [t]" accesskey="t">Discussion</a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div id="p-variants" role="navigation" class="vectorMenu emptyPortlet" aria-labelledby="p-variants-label"> <h3 id="p-variants-label"> <span>Variants</span><a href="#"></a> </h3> <div class="menu"> <ul> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="right-navigation"> <div id="p-views" role="navigation" class="vectorTabs" aria-labelledby="p-views-label"> <h3 id="p-views-label">Views</h3> <ul> <li id="ca-view" class="selected"><span><a href="/Ethics" >Read</a></span></li> <li id="ca-viewsource"><span><a href="/index.php?title=Ethics&action=edit" title="This page is protected.
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