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Ethics and ICT/IS in Organizations. Gilbertine IKILI OSSANA Information Systems: CERAG Advisor : Marc FAVIER . Presentation of PhD subject: June 8, 2012. Structure. Key concepts Context Outline Implications. ICT. Ethics. Codes of Ethics. IS.
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Ethics and ICT/IS in Organizations Gilbertine IKILI OSSANA Information Systems: CERAG Advisor: Marc FAVIER Presentation of PhD subject: June 8, 2012
Structure • Key concepts • Context • Outline • Implications
ICT Ethics Codes of Ethics IS
Moral vs. Ethics Stahl (2008)
Codes of Ethics: A corporate statement that registers corporate principles, ethics, rules of conduct, codes of practice, or company philosophy concerning responsibility to stakeholders, the environment, or any other aspects of society external to the company (Langlois and Schlegelmilch ,1990)
ICT/ISEthics Computer uses Information Ethics Computer Ethics Information life cycle
Global Impact of ICT/IS evolution • Obligations: sharing public information • – Privacy, responsibility, accuracy • Rights: access to information • – Intellectual Property rights • New Uses: “cloud” storage of information • - Privacy • Intense Social Change: Social media, Twitter, etc… • - computer crime, abuses
Impact of ICT/IS evolution Ethicals issues Economic Strategic Reputation Organization
The Literature • Anglosaxon sources • Focuses on evaluation of codes of conduct or business codes
Researchquestion How do organizations define their ethical positions through ICT/IS user guidelines?
Theoretical and methodological contributions • Contributes to current literature • Proposes a framework that analyses codes of Ethics ( ICT/IS user guidelines)
Managerial contributions: • Propose policies that address and could prevent ethicals problems • Propose a tool to assess the degree of ethical development of codes (ICT/IS user guidelines) • Define training programs adapted to user needs
Possible limits/difficulties • Not accessing the field (organizations) for the case study • Insufficient number of collected codes • Build the right tool to assess the degree of ethical development of codes (ICT/IS user guidelines)
Agenda • From now to September 2012: literature review • October 2012: contact firms for interviews • January or February 2013: start to analyse ICT/IS user guidelines