ict code of ethics

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Ethics

Need: Good life--- حياةطيبة

Islamic law (Shariah)

What is Islam?

Islamic law (Shariah)

Basic principle for social conduct

Potential ICT related harm

Netiquette

Ethics and Netiquette

From: http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html

Remember the human

Communication on the Internet does not replace/ substitute normal

contact.

Netiquette


Don’t abuse your new found anonymity

Adhere to the same standards of behavior online that you follow in real

life.

Spying and Backbiting


Netiquette

Respect people's time and bandwidth

Avoid chain emails; large attachments;

Use a subject that defines your email; Always read FAQs (discussion lists).

Before forwarding the next chain letter, check at www.snopes.com if it’s a hoax

http://www.snopes.com/

Relaying of unfounded information


Netiquette


Avoid sloppy language/ grammar

Don’t use ALL CAPS (which denotes

shouting)

Easy on the exclamation marks!!!!

Avoid using short forms in formal

communication

Respect Ownership


Respect/ acknowledge intellectual property

Using someone’s property unjustly


Copy/ share/ modify/ sell rights

Ethics and NetiquetteAll Rights Reserved

Some Rights ReservedCreative Commons

Creative Commons


(by: Attribution)

(sa: Share-alike)

(nd: No derivates)

(nc: Non-commercial)

Netiquette



Respect other people's privacy

Privacy and Confidentiality

Netiquette



Don’t abuse the power entrusted to you

Fulfilling trust

Netiquette


Protect your Haya (modesty)

See no evil, hear no evil, do no evil

Live an online life of Taqwa!

Taqwa (parable): protecting one’s self on a thorny path

Man is accountable

Code of Ethics

General Moral Imperatives

How to

acquire good ethics

1. Learning about knowledge

What is true knowledge

2) Company of pious people (صحبة)

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ict code of ethics

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