Ethics are the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles. How people are involved in different activities like Business, Industries, jobs, etc., with their own individual decisions. Ethics are concerned with what is good for individuals and society and is also defined as moral philosophy. Ethics tell us about the activity of people good life with their right and responsibilities. Our concepts of ethics have been derived from religions, philosophies and cultures. They infuse debates on topics like abortion, human rights and professional conduct.
Ethics is not only about the morality of particular courses of action, but it’s also about the goodness of individuals and tell us how to live a good life. We have ethics grand theories given by many people few are Virtue ethics given by Aristotle, Deontological ethics by Kant, Virtue Ethics is particularly concerned with the moral character of human beings. There are three types of ethics they are meta-ethics which tells us about the nature of moral judgement. Normative ethics tell us about the moral judgement and the criteria for right or wrong. Applied ethics tell us about the controversial topic like war, animal environmental ethics.
The Ethical dilemma has three conditions, the first condition is called ‘agent’ capable of taking decision on right or wrong. The second condition can be decided about the responsibilities. The third condition is about the ethical principle has no perfect solution.
We have many ethical decisions that should be correct and lead with the argument and disagreement. Ethical situations make good decisions that makes challenge our abilities about right or wrong. To solve the ethical dilemma, IT professional should control and differentiate between personal and professional dimensions and recognize the ethical, moral, legal, and values considered in these situations.
The major issues related to IT Ethics are integrity of data, privacy, security and control and many more. Ethics have its own way to provide with moral map and frame work that can be used to find difficult issues.
British Computer Society know as BCS Code of Conduct has rules and responsibility for IT Professional. It has the principal duties like public interest, professional competence and integrity duty to the related authority with the professional duty.
