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Content Provider | ACM Digital Library |
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Author | Verbick, Tabatha Miller, Merlin Todd, Kim |
Abstract | Inappropriate use of Information Technology (IT) infrastructure is a growing problem faced by educational institutions across the nation. Therefore, policies governing such activities are a necessity in today's technologically dependent society and educational system. Consequently, it is vitally important that universities and colleges have easily accessible and clearly defined IT policies to govern and protect campus IT users.In this paper, the authors will describe the problems that higher education institutions face with regard to abuse of the IT infrastructure and why the need for the development of campus computing policies governing such conduct is vital to the campus community. Too often valuable institutional time and resources are often wasted on sexual content, on-line gambling, game-playing, and other inappropriate recreational and commercial activities. Furthermore, IT abuse can cause network down time and create various ethical dilemmas that range from privacy violations to copyright infringement.Moreover, the authors will describe the problems faced at their own university, including departmental issues and stakeholder involvement, and the many challenges involved in the research and creative, cooperative process of developing such documentation for students, faculty and staff. One of the more hotly debated issues dealt with privacy. The concerns revolved around user rights versus those of the university, including, but not limited to, system administration rights. The paper also discusses the creation of the Computer Ethics/Policy Workshop, which was designed to educate initial IT offenders about the campus IT policies. The analysis and discussion of these policy creation endeavors is designed to guide and assist educators and administrators in their efforts to improve, expand and/or create IT policies within their own higher education institution, or design and implement an ethics/policy workshop or credit course. |
Starting Page | 194 |
Ending Page | 196 |
Page Count | 3 |
File Format | |
ISBN | 1581133820 |
DOI | 10.1145/500956.501002 |
Language | English |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Publisher Date | 2001-10-17 |
Publisher Place | New York |
Access Restriction | Subscribed |
Subject Keyword | Privacy Policies E-mail Computing Information technology |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |
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