Ethical Computing Information Wall by Madison P Krasnomowitz

Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

krasnoma — 2025-09-28 14:08:08 UTC

Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Harm Other People.
Thou Shalt Not Interfere With Other People’s Computer Work.
Thou Shalt Not Snoop Around In Other People’s Computer Files.
Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Steal.
Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Bear False Witness.
Thou Shalt Not Copy Or Use Proprietary Software For Which You have Not Paid.
Thou Shalt Not Use Other People’s Computer Resources Without Authorization Or Proper Compensation.
Thou Shalt Not Appropriate Other People’s Intellectual Output.
Thou Shalt Think About The Social Consequences Of The Program You Are Writing Or The System You Are Designing.
Thou Shalt Always Use A Computer In Ways That Insure Consideration And Respect For Your Fellow Humans.

Resources to help

krasnoma — 2025-09-28 17:37:01 UTC

This is a video explaining the The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics to help people better understand.

Resources to help

krasnoma — 2025-09-28 17:45:10 UTC

What of the Ten Ethical Computing Guidelines do you think students violate the most?

krasnoma — 2025-09-28 18:16:10 UTC

I think that students violate numbers seven and ten of the Ethical Computing Guidelines the most.

Number seven states, "Thou Shalt Not Use Other People's Computer Resources Without Authorization Or Proper Compensation.

Number ten states, "Thou shalt always use a computer in ways that ensure consideration and respect for your fellow humans."

Why do you think these violations occur?

krasnoma — 2025-09-28 18:16:35 UTC

As far as number seven goes, students will often try to find someone else's work that they can pass off as their own so they do not have to do the work themselves, which violates number seven of the guidelines. Using someone else's software or any kind of work without permission can result in getting in trouble with your school/place of work, and is unfair to the person who actually did the work.

Along with this, I do not believe that students think about the consequences of their actions as often as they should, especially when it comes to computer work. Students may create something or use a computer in a way that disrespects other people, which goes against number ten of the Ethical Computing Guidelines. Unfortunately, students sometimes think selfishly or do not consider how something may affect other students.

What do you think could be done to reduce or eliminate such unethical behavior?

krasnoma — 2025-09-28 18:29:38 UTC

There have already been great systems created to ensure that people are doing their own work, such as Turnitin.com and other similar sites. These sites check for plagiarism and allow teachers and professors to see how much, if any, work is it not original work of the student who turned it in. I think this is a great start to ensuring the proper authorization and credit is given! Along with this, possibly creating a way to lock certain resources so people are required to request access from the creator in order to use the information or system in question.

As far as ensuring everyone is respected online, this is slightly more difficult but not impossible. Perhaps some type of system that runs everything through it to make sure there is nothing hateful or harmful said about an individual or a group of people. This of course would have to find a balance given that people have the right to free speech, but maybe there is a way to ensure hate speech is not spread as well as consideration for everyone!