Computer Ethics

A student locates a story, recopies it in their own writing, and submits it to the teacher as their own work.

• Ethical

• Unethical

A students uses the copy and paste commands to place large parts of an electronic encyclopedia article into an assigned paper. They turn the paper in as their own work.

• Ethical

• Unethical

A student steals a set of keys and uses them to gain access to the school office where they change their grades and view and grades of other students.

• Ethical

• Unethical

A student finds the teacher's password to PowerSchool and uses it to change their grades and view the grades of other students.

• Ethical

• Unethical

Sam buys a new band's CD but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells the CD on eBay.

• Ethical

• Unethical

Amy tells Bob about her vacation, and he says he'd love to see her pictures. Amy uses a peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing program to upload the photographs she took at camp so he can download them.

• Ethical

• Unethical

Jerry borrows Ben’s game disks for Monster Truck Rally and installs them on his home computer. He says he will erase the game if he does not like it or will buy the game for himself if he likes it.

• Ethical

• Unethical

Amy tells Bob that her picture files are available and he uses the peer-to-peer file-sharing program to download Amy's vacation pictures. Is this infringing on her copyright?

• Ethical (No)

• Unethical (Yes)

Bob copies the entire last chapter from the final Harry Potter book to his commercial blog without any additional commentary. He feels he is protected by fair use.

• Ethical

• Unethical

Amy downloads a solitaire card game from the Internet that is “shareware” and uses it for several weeks before deleting it. She does not pay the author or use the software again.

• Ethical

• Unethical