- "Information ethics has been defined as 'the branch of ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct in society'."
Understanding how to engage with technology in an ethical manner and build positive digital culture and norms.
Privacy and Security: Understanding the risks associated with sharing personal information online and how to protect oneself from potential harm.
Cyberbullying: Understanding and preventing online harassment, including how to recognize and report cyberbullying.
Copyright and Intellectual Property: Understanding the legal and ethical implications of using and sharing digital content.
Online Identity: Understanding the impact of digital identity on personal and professional relationships, and how to manage and maintain one's online presence.
Digital Footprint: Understanding the lasting impact of online activity, including how to manage and control one's digital footprint.
Digital Literacy: Developing the ability to find, evaluate, and use digital information and tools effectively and responsibly.
Online Etiquette: Understanding the norms and expectations of online communication, including how to communicate appropriately and respectfully.
Cybersecurity: Understanding and preventing online threats and vulnerabilities, including how to protect oneself from cyber attacks and scams.
Digital Citizenship: Understanding one's responsibilities as a member of online communities and promoting positive online behavior.
Social Media: Understanding the benefits and risks of social media and how to use it safely and responsibly.
Privacy: This ethical principle focuses on protecting personal and confidential data from leaks, theft, or unauthorized access.
Security: This principle deals with the safeguarding of online systems and networks from potential cyber threats, such as hacking, viruses, and malware.
Copyright: This principle highlights the importance of respecting intellectual property rights by not illegally downloading or distributing copyrighted materials.
Digital Footprint: This refers to the online reputation that an individual creates, which can be positive or negative. Digital footprints can impact career options, relationships, and other aspects of life.
Cyberbullying: This ethical principle condemns any form of online harassment or bullying, often perpetuated through social media platforms.
Online Misinformation: This principle urges individuals to critically evaluate digital content, such as news articles and social media posts, before sharing or reposting them.
Digital Addiction: This principle alerts people about the dangers of excessive digital use, leading to procrastination, distraction, and other negative impacts on mental health and wellbeing.
Internet Governance: This covers the ethical issues related to the management of the internet, such as censorship, net neutrality, and online privacy regulations.
Online Persona: This principle highlights the ethical considerations of presenting oneself online and the potential consequences of not being authentic or transparent.
e-Waste: This principle highlights the environmental impacts of electronic waste and promotes ethical considerations related to the disposal and recycling of digital products.
- "It examines the morality that comes from information as a resource, a product, or as a target."
- "It provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning informational privacy, moral agency (e.g. whether artificial agents may be moral), new environmental issues (especially how agents should behave in the infosphere), problems arising from the life-cycle of information (especially ownership and copyright, digital divide, and digital rights)."
- "It is very vital to understand that librarians, archivists, information professionals among others really understand the importance of knowing how to disseminate proper information as well as being responsible with their actions when addressing information."
- "Information ethics has evolved to relate to a range of fields such as computer ethics, medical ethics, journalism, and the philosophy of information."
- "As the use and creation of information and data form the foundation of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and many areas of mathematics, information ethics also plays a central role in the ethics of artificial intelligence, big data ethics, and ethics in mathematics."
- "It provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning ... the digital divide, and digital rights."
- "Information ethics provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning informational privacy."
- "Information ethics examines moral agency, including whether artificial agents may be moral."
- "Information ethics explores new environmental issues, especially how agents should behave in the infosphere."
- "It provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning ownership and copyright of information."
- "It is very vital to understand that librarians, archivists, information professionals among others really understand the importance of knowing how to disseminate proper information."
- "Information ethics has evolved to relate to fields such as ... journalism."
- "Information ethics has evolved to relate to a range of fields such as computer ethics."
- "Information ethics has evolved to relate to a range of fields such as ... the philosophy of information."
- "Information ethics plays a central role in the ethics of artificial intelligence, big data ethics..."
- "Information ethics plays a central role in the ethics of artificial intelligence, big data ethics, and ethics in mathematics."
- "Information ethics addresses problems arising from the life-cycle of information, including creation, collection, recording, distribution, and processing."
- "Information ethics provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning the digital divide."
- "Information ethics provides a critical framework for considering moral issues concerning digital rights."