TY  - JOUR
AU  - Masrom, Maslin 
AU  - Ismail, Zuraini 
AU  - Anuar, Rashidah Nural 
AU  - Hussein, Ramlah 
AU  - Mohamed, Norshidah 
PY  - 2011
TI  - Analyzing Accuracy and Accessibility in Information and Communication Technology Ethical Scenario Context
JF  - American Journal of Economics and Business Administration
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.3844/ajebasp.2011.370.376
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajebasp.2011.370.376
AB  - Problem statement: Recently, the development of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) is indispensable to life. The utilization of ICT has provided advantages for people,
organizations and society as a whole. Nevertheless, the widespread and rapid use of ICT in society has
exacerbated existing ethical issues or dilemmas and also led to the emergence of new ethical issues
such as unauthorized access, software piracy, internet pornography, privacy protection, information
gap and many others. Approach: Therefore, the aim of this study is to discuss several issues of the
ICT ethics. It will focusing on two major issues, that is, data accuracy and accessibility. Results: The
results indicated that more than half percentage of respondents tend to be ethical in data accuracy
scenario and also in accessibility scenario. Several computer ethics scenarios that relate to the
data accuracy and accessibility are presented and the results of analysis are then discussed.
Conclusion: Based on the results in this study, computer ethics issues such as data accuracy and
accessibility should receive more attention in the ICT field.