Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to understand the law and ethics surrounding the use of IT. You will be able to describe issues such as intellectual property rights protection and infringement, copyrights and plagiarism, software piracy, computer crimes, Internet fraud, objectionable materials and confidentiality in the information age.   You will also be able to articulate Singapore’s laws on cybersecurity, data privacy, etc.

Lesson 1 of 7: Introduction to the Foundation of Ethics

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

• Explain the different ethical theories that behaviours exhibit in general.
• Outline different types of ethical theories & reasoning.
• Explain the ethical dilemmas encountered under situations.

Ethics Learning Outcomes Video.mp4

Ethics is about how individuals should conduct themselves with a set of moral values in their daily lives according to a standard of what is right or wrong behavior. However, when you encounter a situation that you have to make a certain decision that is in direct conflict with your value system, what will you do?

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At this end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Define Ethics
• Explain “The Golden Rule”
• Define ethical relativism
• Define applied ethics
• Recognise an ethical dilemma