Oct 22, 2009
A New Look at Cell Phones and Cancer I saw a news video discussing about the cancer causing dangerous of radiation emit by cell phones. In the news, the wife of the cancer patient step up in front of the screen telling the truth that her husband had been using cellphone frequently and suggest that [...]
By EmmanuelLim Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
The article touched on the different types of ethics. Ethics has become an important subject for business and part of the fast growing employment categories. Wal-Mart was bought up as an example of why ethic is difficult to apply in some corporation. Ethics decision can be use and interpret among the employee in the corporation, [...]
By Gabby Thao Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
This article talked about how president Obama is expected to have a hard time passing legislation of a CEO wage limit. That brings up two questions: should CEOs be paying themselves massive amounts of money even though their business may be going under? And should the government use its power to limit the amount of [...]
By Angel Percy Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
The article I chose this week relates to business ethics discussed in this weeks chapter and is titled “Wells Fargo fires banker for ‘misconduct’”. It is important for employees to make ethical decisions at the workplace. As mentioned in the article, “Cheronda Guytona, senior vice president of commercial foreclosed properties” (Rooney, Ben) for Wells Fargo [...]
By mariaanguiano Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
After reading this article I choose it because it relates well into chapter 4. The article is about how smart cards are being used on a daily basis to help improve business purposes. As defined in the book, a smart card is a card around the size of a credit card that has multiple functions. [...]
By JonathanRader Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
So we all know that everything to do with computers is a risk. Every day IT people are trying to find new and better ways to keep people and their information safe when using a computer or the internet. This article talked about how the risk of getting your identity stolen or your information stolen [...]
By VeronicaEsquivel Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Ch. 4 IS in business We are all guilty of being unethical. Downloading music is illegal and hundreds of teens do it everyday. According John D. sutter, the number of teens streaming music online went from 34 percent in 2007 to 52 percent in 2008. Because of this increase music sales [...]
By AngelaBarrientos Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 21, 2009
A recent study done by Relemail, revealed that ninety-six percent of internet users feel that privacy is important to them. This is a huge population, basically 19 of every 20 people, feel this way. The study believes that it is so large because virtually everyone at sometime has had to deal with spam or some [...]
By Jerrett R. Thomason Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
“Don’t Ban Facebook at Work, Researchers Advice” By Jaikumar Vijayan While reading this chapter, I found myself thinking about my own ethics when it comes to information technology. I am addicted to logging onto Facebook while I am at work and feel that my informational ethics might be a little off due to this addiction. [...]
By TiffanyHart Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
The next hacking frontier: Your brain? Using the internet brings a lot of worries, for example: being worried someone might try to steal your credit card number or your social security number, but what if hackers one day try to take over a certain part of your body. This is what scientists are buzzing about [...]
By adam sulenta Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
Wal-Mart’s Latest Ethics Controversy According to the article, Chalace Epley Lowry who started working as a administrative assistant at Wal-Mart stores in it’s communications dept. have to endure a whole day of a orientation that really focused on ethics. Lowry, who now is unemployed, believed she saw a senior executive do some unethical things. Mona [...]
By GuadalupeGarcia Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
Microsoft’s Security Essentials Hits Back at Hackers According to the article, Microsoft has taken massive strides in its anti-virus software, but still recommends that whoever operates Microsoft Windows should and need anti-virus software. The reason is because Microsoft has been known for having its software hacked by hackers. The programmers at Microsoft work hard to [...]
By NicolePrieto Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
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By KyleBean Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
I read this article from New York Times and it says former Coca-Cola worker is detained in China. In the article the Coke spokesman said the former employees took out kickbacks from suppliers and stole from the bottler. Coca-Cola said both former employees are Chinese citizens and worked as middle managers at the bottling operation. [...]
By Sunghyun Bae Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
Phishing as described in our text is the technique by means to get an individual’s personal information. Phishing may occur in many ways, the main way to get consumer’s personal information is through spam e-mails which look like they may be from legitimate organizations asking for your personal information. When the consumer’s do enter their [...]
By Kong Her Category: Ethics and Information Security
Oct 20, 2009
“Go ahead and email me” That’s what many of us say as we are leaving a work related environment when someone ask you to check something out that they want to share with you. But what do you do when your email doesn’t work? Gmail users had to ask themselves that on September 1st 2009 [...]
By Jacob Gonzalez Category: Ethics and Information Security