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Moral distancing and the use of information technologies: the seven temptations
Source Ethics in the Computer Age archive
Proceedings of the conference on Ethics in the computer age table of contents
Galtinburg, Tennessee, United States
Pages: 151 - 155  
Year of Publication: 1994
ISBN:0-89791-644-1
Author
Richard Rubin
Sponsors
SIGCAS: ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society
Midsoutheastern ACM Chapter : Midsoutheastern ACM Chapter
Publisher
ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

There are many causes for unethical behavior among individuals who use information technologies. This article suggests that some of these reasons may be directly related to the characteristics of the technologies themselves. This is not to suggest that individuals are not responsible for their actions, but to identify factors about technology that may divert ethical attention. The diverting characteristics are identified as the “Seven Temptations”.


CITED BY  2
Tim Goles , Gregory B. White , Nicole Beebe , Carlos A. Dorantes , Barbara Hewitt, Moral intensity and ethical decision-making: a contextual extension, ACM SIGMIS Database, v.37 n.2-3, Spring-Summer 2006
 
Mikko T. Siponen, On the role of human mortality in information system security: from the problems of descriptivism to non-descriptive foundations, Advanced topics in information resources management, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, 2003

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION
      K.7.m Miscellaneous
          Subjects: Ethics**

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY
  K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION


General Terms:
Human Factors

Collaborative Colleagues:
Richard Rubin: colleagues

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