Abstract
The present study is conducted among 283 students from University of Zabol to identify the harm and ethical and social issues in the field of information technology and to classify the immoral practices that students are doing in this field. First various important issues in the field of IT in the social and ethical areas are discussed. Then the cases considered as the most commonly used immoral activities, are selected for evaluation, and the participants ranked these activities according to the method presented in the questionnaire. These activities are examined and analyzed descriptively by SPSS program, reliability of the questionnaire is measured by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, Bartlett Test of Sphericity and KMO index and the validity of the results is verified using T-test and the results are ranked based on the first performance that happens frequently and the last performance that happens rarely or never. Finally, a set of strategies are presented for preventing ethical abuse in the field of Information Technology so that the challenges are reduced.
Highlights
New advances in the field of information technology have brought new scientific gains to humans but it should be noted that the entry of new scientific and technological fields will always have ethical issues and limitations
According to the conducted studies and the results obtained from this study, it can be concluded that ethics in information technology can be trained to influence the individuals
Given that there is no mandatory syllabus for students in bachelors and master and PhD course in Iran on ethical issues in information technology, such a program seems essential to cope with the ethical challenges of IT
Summary
New advances in the field of information technology have brought new scientific gains to humans but it should be noted that the entry of new scientific and technological fields will always have ethical issues and limitations. The study of computer ethics has long been considered by the researchers. In the digital age, the society is dependent on computers in almost all its affairs, and the study of ethics in the field of computer and information technology must always be considered. The use of social networks is an inseparable part of the lives of many people and the nature of students. These cases have different effects on their lifestyle, especially on their academic performance and the length of their studies [2], [3]
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