Computer Ethics essays

Computer Ethics essays CRITICAL POSITION PAPER ON ETHICAL ISSUES RELATED TO PRIVACY I decided to pick the Robert Morris case in chapter four for my scenario to discuss. I believe this case has several ethical problems that we need to deal with. First of all, there is the obvious act that Robert Morris intentionally created and distributed a virus, knowing that it was capable of severely damaging networks. However, he did say that once he realized what he had done he tried to stop it. And at a time when viruses were so new and uncommon he vary well may have made some mistakes. While trying decide different approaches to dealing with the problem I came across a line "viruses are bad". I thought to myself how is a virus bad. A virus is no worse than a steak knife. They both could be very useful tools very bettering our lives, and they could also both be tools of malicious misconduct. This virus that Morris made was indefinitely not going to be a useful tool. Therefore, I am left with only the conclusion that whether or not he intended on using it, it was created with one purpose in mind. Because of this, I believe that more action should have been taken against him. If he indeed purposefully infect systems with that virus that there was only one gliche. Without that it could've been much worse and he might not of gotten caught. I believe that he should have had a shot stay in jail and also longer probational period mixed with attempts for rehabilitation. I believe that as always your "white collar crimes" are dealt with with more leniency.! In fact, a virus could be destroying someone's personal property. I have seen vandalism get worse punishment. As in most crimes though, there are only two options we can scare them straight with punishment. Or we can attempt to rehabilitate them and teach that doing harm upon others is not right. In either of these cases it is always a hard decision. It needs to be based on the past history an...