ETHICS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Discussion Questions
• Are you concerned about the amount of personal information that
organizations might have gathered about you? Do you take any steps to
safeguard your personal information? Do you think more constraints should
be put on the use of your personal data by marketers?
• Since there are few legal limitations to the surveillance of private citizens by
industry, could the government contract surveillance to private companies?
Would this be legal? Would it be desirable?
• Do you think Congress should enact more laws holding organizations that
gather personal data accountable for data breaches? What types of laws
might be most effective at getting organizations to better secure consumer’s
personal data? Should management at such companies be subject to
criminal penalties if they don’t adequately secure data?
• Do you think most people in the United States care about the electronic
surveillance activities of the U.S. government? Should they? Do you believe
that the revelations
