Ethics use of Technology in Social Media and Education

In today's organizations, ethical challenges relate to areas like fraud, right to privacy for consumers, social responsibility, and trade restrictions. For Information Technology (IT) specifically, these can translate to considerations on how technology is used to violate people's privacy, how automation leads to job reductions, or how management information and its corresponding systems are used and abused for personal gain. In the last 25 years, people have seen an overwhelming technology infusion affecting business, education, and society. Virtually all areas of the society have been transformed by the usage of technology. The change is important from an ethical perspective in terms of who Information Technology (IT) workers are today and what their tasks are. Higher education, specifically in business schools, needs to take some responsibility in preparing students for the ethical usage of information technology and the underlying information within those systems.The use of discussion teaching in an online ethics course is described. The course AC435 Ethics for Accountants received the dis on tinction of being recognized by Quality Matters in 2009. The course utilizes groups to bring about interaction of case studies in an eCollege course management system. Virtual world communications are practiced in the course giving actual social interaction experience to students. This touch of solving realistic ethical dilemmas is a favorite for students.

This video is about the effect of technology on education:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMAULd2vhg