Cyber Ethics

Definition
Cyber

ethics is the ethics applied to the online environment.

The treatment of what is and is not cyber-ethical behavior
may vary from place to place.
Cyber ethics is a code of behavior for using the Internet. One
easy way to think about cyber ethics and to address the
subject with children is this: acceptable behavior on the
Internet is very much the same as acceptable behavior in
everyday life.
Cyber-Ethics is the Ethics applied to the online environment.
The treatment of what is and is not cyber-ethical behavior
may vary from place to place
Manners applied to the Internet and the use of technology in
everyday situations

The Problem

Immediate Availability of Really Good Stuff

Technological Ease of Use

Myths, Lies

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Cyber Issues

Plagiarism

Code and Content Theft

Viruses

Copyright Infringement

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Plagiarism

Online Knowledge Brokers

Dissertation and Thesis Downloads

Article Cut & Paste

Chat Rooms & E-Mail Straight A Clubs

Obscure Journal Availability

Proving Plagiarism New Tools for Teachers

Defined Policy and Consequences

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Code and Content Theft

Audio and Image File Theft

Source Code and JavaScript Copying

Web Site Hackingor Cracking

Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks

E-Mail Interception, Posting, and Redirect

Bogus Content

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Viruses

400 1200 New Viruses Every Month

Everyone Is a Target

Source and Sender Can Be Determined

Liability and Damages Can Be Assessed

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Copyright Infringement

Who Will Ever Know

Copyright Police & Digital Tracking

Watermarks

Digital Download Trace

Web Bots & Search Spiders

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Internet Copyright Myths

No Symbol Means No Copyright Exists

Material On the Net Is Automatically OK to Copy

Its Free Advertising and Distribution for the Author

Copyrighted Material on a Free Website Is OK to Use

Material On the Web is Public Domain

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Do & dont in cyber ethics

DO

DONT

Schoolwork

Use the internet to

help you do the
homework. You can
find many information
inside the internet.

Dont
copy
other
people works and call
it your own. Do credits
to
the
author
or
website.

Music, videos
and copyright

Use the internet to Dont use the internet

learn about music, to download or share
video and games.
copyrighted material.

Do & dont in cyber ethics

DO

DONT

E-mail and
instant
messaging (IM)

Use the internet to

communicate
with
friends and family. But
make sure you know to
whom you exchange
your e-mail and IM

Dont use the internet to

communicate
with
strangers. Dont pretend to
be someone else and dont
be rude or use bad
language.

For Parents

Encourage your children

to use the Internet.The
Internet has a lot good
things to offer children.

Don't leave your children

unsupervised.Make
sure
you know what sites your
children visit when they're
on the internet, and with
whom
they're
communicating. Look over
their shoulder. Keep track
of the websites they visit.

Rules of cyber
Do not use rude or offensive language.
Dont be a bully on the Internet. Do not call
people names, lie about them, send
embarrassing pictures of them, or do
anything else to try to hurt them.
Do not copy information from the Internet and
claim it as yours. That is called plagiarism.
Adhere to copyright restrictions when
downloading material including software,
games, movies, or music from the Internet.
Do not break into someone elses computer.

Conclusion
Cyber

ethics is important in cyber life.

Although cyber world is not in reality
life, but we have to follow the ethics.
For example, dont take other people
work and make it like your own work.
You should credit to them. Moreover,
when people follow the rules, there is
no misunderstood in cyber world.
People will respect each other even in
cyber world.

References
http://us.norton.com/library/familyresource
/article.jsp?aid=pr_cyberethics
http://iris.nyit.edu/~mtehrani/Week2_assi
gnment1_MTehrani.pdf
http://computer.yourdictionary.com/cyber-e
tiquette