Legal & Ethical Responsibilities in Information Tech - Vocab

Intrusion into the personal life of another individual without just cause.

• Privacy Invasion

• Defamation

• Cyberbullying

• Intellectual Property

Occurs with a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, preformed, publicly displayed, or made to derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.

• Copyright Infringement

• Defamation

• Cyberbullying

• Intellectual Property

  Agreement

Use of electronic communication to bully a person.

• Copyright Infringement

• Defamation

• Cyberbullying

• Trademark Infringement

Guidelines which describe acceptable and unacceptable employee behaviors in the workplace.

• Ethics

• Laws

• Code of Ethics

• Policies and Regulations

Rules the members of society create to balance the individual to self-determination against the needs of society as a whole.

• Ethics

• Laws

• Code of Ethics

• Policies and Regulations

Unauthorized use of a trademark in a manner which is likely to cause confusion, deception or mistake about the source of goods or services.

• Copyright Infringement

• Patent Infringement

• Cyberbullying

• Trademark Infringement

Any copying of copyrighted material done for limited and transformative purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody.

• Copyright

• Patent

• Fair Use

• Open Source

Government license which gives the holder exclusive rights to make, use, or sell an invention for a designated period of time

• Copyright

• Patent

• Fair Use

• Open Source

Document, software, or development model of which the original source is made freely available to the public

• Copyright

• Patent

• Fair Use

• Open Source

Non-profit organization which provides legal tools for authors and artists

• Non-Disclosure Agreement

• Intellectual Property Agreement

• Creative Commons

• Copyright Office