ethics governing information management
Several ethics govern information management. In managing information, there may arise some issues which are ethical and others unethical. I read several articles that shared information concerning ethical issues governing information management. The first article explained information rights and obligations as an ethical issue (Zaïane, 2011). Some people cannot access information because they don’t have the right to do so. On the other hand, there other people who can access the information since they have been granted access. It will be unethical to allow unauthorized people to access the information.
The second article discussed privacy, which is a major ethical issue when it comes to information management (Chuleeporn, 2010). It is always good to keep the information private, as specified by the owner. Information can be collected from different sources, meaning that there will be different rules concerning privacy. If information should only access by a certain group of people, then it would be good to ensure that only that group which accesses the information.
The third article discussed security as an ethical issue in information management (Spinello, 2012). The privacy of information may sound the same as security. However, there is a significant difference. Security involves the protection of information from cyber-attacks, which have increased over the past years. Organizations should secure their customers’ information and ensure that attackers cannot access it. One way of securing information is by making use of encryption.
The fourth article summarized all the three ethical issues explained above. However, this article tried to explain the ownership of information as a point on its own (Talwar, 2019). Information belongs to someone, and this means that it should be used according to the desire of the person. If the owner wants the information to be kept in private, then it will be ethical to do as requested. Sharing information without asking permission from the owners will be unethical.
These articles have explained these ethical issues in detail. It will be ethical for an organization to respect the privacy of information. So, this means that the organization should also ensure that the data is secure. The information explained in these articles is not different from the one explained in chapter 14. The contents in both the articles and the chapter are relevant, and it would be useful. There are various ways to deal with ethical issues. My organization usually respects the owners of information by granting them their rights.