Social and Ethical Issues

Social and Ethical issues arise from the processing of data into information. The phrase "Social and Ethical Issues" refers to issues that affect direct and indirect users of the system. They may be legal issues but they may also be moral issues and the dangers to society from the misuse of the information. The phrase "Social and Ethical Issues" is not used in the HSC IPT syllabus but it does refer to a range of issues which are covered:

 

acknowledgment of data sources the freedom of information act privacy principles accuracy of data and the reliability of data sources access to data, ownership and control of data new trends in the organisation, processing, storage and retrieval of data such as data warehousing and data-mining