Ethical Standards

Ethical Standards
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The issues raised in the three case studies deal with the ways in which the pieces of information in a computer system are interfered with. For instance, the hacking and distribution of the Sony’s film before it was released to the general public interfered with the business of the company since the company could not recover the money they used to make the film just for a malicious gain of the North Korean group. And also according to the “case study on Stuxnet and Flame Malware” there is illustration on how the Stuxnet malware and the flame malware are used to get data from another person’s computer and how these pieces of information obtained from the computer are used to bring down that particular business that the malicious individual or group is working on (Ess, 2013). And finally, the “case study of Industrial Espionage through Social Engineering” explains how different companies use their tricks to get information from their competitor’s firms especially the US companies and business firms. Some of the ways in which such business firms get information from the competitors are through the use of intelligent spy to work in the other firm as an employee or to attend some research among other ways. All in all the intention of these activities is to bring down the competitor by obtaining their secret of success or by interfering with their systems.
Some of the ethical standards that are needed to be applied to address the issues in the case studies include honesty.

For instance, the people that are employed as an intelligent spy in the other firms to get data should be honest with the company that employs them (Ess, 2013). They should not work hard to bring down the business firms where they are earning a living just to please another company that only pays them once for the work that will lead to the downfall of the company they work for. The loyalty should be applied in the case study such as the “case study of Industrial Espionage through Social Engineering” where the people accept to be used by a competing company to bring the other company down. And also such employees are not loyal to the firm where they are employed. The other ethical standard that can be employed in these issues is the respect for others. Due to the lack of respect by the North Koreans to the Sony’s company, they went ahead and distributed their film to the public before the official launch is done by the Sony Company thereby resulting in a great loss to the company (Ess, 2013). And also on the same note, the Sony Company didn’t have respect to the North Koreans, and that is why they went ahead and produced a film that criticizes them without consulting them to confirm if they are comfortable with the film before it was released. In addition due to the lack of respect for others, the use of Stuxnet and Flame malware are being used to either interfere with the data of other firms without considering the losses that such firm is likely to go through. And also to add to the two ethical standards discussed, the use of the concern for others should also be employed. In the three case studies, there is lack of concern for others, and that is why all the factors are aiming at causing harm to the second party that is either their competitor or those that are progressing well with their activities.
Reference
Ess, C. (2013). Digital Media Ethics, 2(1), 1-114.