The Internet Ethical and Values…

Many decades have passed since the fi rst communications were transmitted over a fl edgling global network, which would later be called the
Internet. At the time, few would have predicted the Internet’s explosive growth and persistent encroachment on our personal and professional
lives. This radically decentralized network has been described in lofty terms as empowering and democratizing. It has lived up to this ideal by
creating opportunity for many new voices with extraordinary reach. Although the claim that the Internet will revolutionize communications may be hyperbole, there is no doubt that the Internet has the potential to magnify the power of the individual and fortify democratic
processes.

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Communication on the open networks during the first half of the 1980s was more factual than personal. However, the expanding use of electronic mail increased the personal and individual character of this type of communication. Personal and emotional content became more and more common. This increased content interest. Branch organizations formulated ethical principles, and it was created around the balance between market control and legal control...

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The nature of ethics on the Internet may be confusing to many social workers because of the unique characteristics of client contact in cyberspace. Social workers are not alone in noting the complexity of online ethics. Computer professionals are equally perplexed by ethical issues. We can find journal articles (i.e., The Journal of Computer Information Systems and SIGUCCS Newsletter) and books (i.e., Case Studies in Information and Computer Ethics) for computer science personnel, which specifically express the difficulties...

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Internet use is currently very widespread, and its distribution is most likely destined to increase…

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The ethics, and ethical governance, of online research have been much debated, and a number of professional organizations have promulgated guidelines for researchers considering conducting their research online. This chapter offers an overview of the current position, suggesting relevant considerations in respect of different kinds of project, and highlighting some of the challenges and dilemmas that online researchers face. The chapter is oriented to three principal approaches to gathering Internet-based data: use of online methods to gather data directly from individuals, analyzing online interaction within virtual environments, and large-scale analysis of online domains. Amongst issues covered are those relating to data protection and regulation, data intrusion, and issues raised by norms of privacy and to what extent information on the Internet can be regarded as intentionally 'public’. The discussion is grounded in the ethical regulatory framework developed in offline research, noting commonalities and differences.

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Computers and Ethics in the Cyberage asks, “Is technology only a grouping of objects for human use—that is, 'value neutral’—such that any questions concerning the ethics of technology are, at best, misguided?”...

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