Social and Ethical Significance (Strand 1)

anonymity

anonymous; total privacy, or hiding their identity

authenticity

a user proving their identity to gain access to a computer system.

compatibility

idea that two systems work together and can share hardware, software, or data.

cultural diversity

the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups within a society

cultural impact

historical, geographical, and familiar factors that affect assessment and intervention processes.

digital citizenship

being a good citizen on the internet

economic impact

the effect of the event on the economy in a specified area

environmental impact

Possible effects caused by a development, industrial, or infrastructural project or by the release of a substance in the environment.

equality of access

the concept that all persons should have equal rights of access to anything they desire.

ergonomic impact

the science of refining the design of products to optimize them for human use. (i.g. weight, height, hearing, sight, etc.)

globalization

the process by which businesses or other organizations develop international influence

health impact

a combination of procedures, methods, and tools by which a policy, program, or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population

integrity

the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles

intellectual property

creations of the mind, such as stories, films, music, and computer programs.

legal impact

an unnecessary discriminatory effect on a protected class caused by a practice or policy

policies

rules designed to control the way people use IT.

political impact

The effect that government policy and its administrative practices can have on something

privacy

the ability to control how data about us is used.

protocols

technical rules that designers of hardware and software should follow

psychological impact

the effect caused by environmental and biological factors

reliability

how well the computer system works.

security

concerned with protecting IT systems from unauthorized users.

standards

a level of quality

surveillance

used IT to monitor people - with or without their knowledge or permission

the digital divide

the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern IT.

unauthorized access

a person gaining access on the website, program, server, service, or other system using someone else's account or other methods.