10 Commandments for Computer Ethics

Thou shalt not create ______________________ software or games.

• Difficult
• Copyrighted
• Easy
• Harmful

Thou shalt not copy ___________________________ software or materials.

• Public-domain
• Copyrighted
• Self created
• Self published

_{Tina's e-mail is being diverted and sent out to her entire class. The messages are quite personal and Tina is very embarrassed. Is this a violation of any commandments?}

• True
• False

_{A secretary on the campus of a tax-supported university has been requested to give her staff password to her supervisor. The supervisor would like to check the secretary’s e-mail when she is not at work to see if departmental-related mail is coming in. The secretary is not comfortable giving her password to her supervisor, but is afraid to say no.}

• _{Thou shall not snoop around in other people's files}
• _{Thou shall not appropriate other people's intellectual output.}
• _{Thou shall not use a computer to bear false witness}
• _{Thou shall use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.}

_{Which of the following is NOT a rule listed in Computer Discovery's Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics?}

• ^{Thou Shalt not use a computer to lie.}
• _{Thou shalt not copy copyrighted software and materials.}
• _{Thou shalt not let others borrow your computer.}
• _{Thou shalt not use a computer to plagiarize.}

_{Sharon and Timothy are students at Big Suburban High School. They have designed a Web page devoted to their favorite rock band using their personal disk space on the school's Web server. They have posted song clips, lyrics, photographs of each band member, and articles they have found in various Web news sources. However, school authorities have asked them to shut down their site because of the obscene content of many of the lyrics. Sharon and Timothy object, noting that their First Amendment (free speech) rights are being violated. Is this a violation of the ten commandments?} 

• True
• _False

^{_{Jules has walked away from a lab computer without logging off. Trish sits down and, still logged in as Jules, sends inflammatory e-mail messages out to a number of students and posts similar messages on the class newsgroup.}}

• _{Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people}
• _{Thou shall not use other people's computer resources without authorization}
• _{Thou shall use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect.}
• _{Thou shall not use a computer to steal.}

_{Which of correct Commandments following this photo}

• _{Thou shall not use a computer to harm other people.}
• _{Thou shalt not copy copyrighted software and materials.}
• _{Thou shall think about the social consequences of the program you write.}
• _{Thou shall not snoop around in other people's files}