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Identify The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

bryanscocco — 2025-02-15 15:15:36 UTC

According to the Computer Ethics Institute, the ten commandments of computer ethics are as follows:

1. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Harm Other People.

2. Thou Shalt Not Interfere With Other People’s Computer Work.

3. Thou Shalt Not Snoop Around In Other People’s Computer Files.

4. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Steal.

5. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Bear False Witness.

6. Thou Shalt Not Copy Or Use Proprietary Software For Which You have Not Paid.

7. Thou Shalt Not Use Other People’s Computer Resources Without Authorization Or Proper Compensation.

8. Thou Shalt Not Appropriate Other People’s Intellectual Output.

9. Thou Shalt Think About The Social Consequences Of The Program You Are Writing Or The System You Are Designing.

10. Thou Shalt Always Use A Computer In Ways That Insure Consideration And Respect For Your Fellow Humans.

Further Explanations of the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics - Video

bryanscocco — 2025-02-15 15:23:38 UTC

Question 1 - Which of the Ten Ethical Computing Guidelines do you think students violate most often?

bryanscocco — 2025-02-15 15:29:03 UTC

With the rise of AI, and many students' willingness to copy and paste entire papers or written work from AI, number 8 would likely be violated most often now. Not only is AI not a person's original intellectual work, but when AI writes papers, it uses previously published intellectual work to generate responses. While some may include links to works it has used, this is not the case for every piece of media scanned by AI, and even then students do not always add those links to their papers.

Question 2 - Why do you think these violations occur?

bryanscocco — 2025-02-15 15:46:19 UTC

In the case of number 8, it is often because using AI is far easier and less tedious than writing an original response, essentially just a shortcut for students. Some reasons for other commandments like 2, 3, and 7 may include similar reasons like trying to cheat or get ahead of others by using their work. And with commandments like 1 and 10, breaking those would be for the same reason bullying or making fun of others happens in real life.

Question 3 - What do you think could be done to reduce or eliminate such unethical behavior?

bryanscocco — 2025-02-15 15:52:42 UTC

Dealing with students cheating and using the work of others can be reduced but in largely situational ways. For example, if a teacher does not want their students using others' work or AI, they can lock students to only one computer window and have them type their responses in real-time. However, this may not work for papers done outside of the classroom. Other methods of not stealing work can be requirements for citations and bibliographies, so teachers know where students are getting their work.