Information Technology EthicsDepartment of TechnologyTechnology is in many ways very beneficial to our society, but in what ways can this rapidly growing company and/or will it be unethical. This article explains the power and information an IT staff has in the business world. Most people think of the IT guy as someone who comes to fix their computer when they can't understand their email. But what does a computer scientist have access to? Every business is different and involves different responsibilities for IT staff. This article explains how most companies use IT to monitor their employees on the computer. The article raises many questions about the ethical behaviors of IT staff, but it doesn't provide many answers. This is because the question “Is this ethical?” » must be answered by every IT professional. In other professional careers such as medicine or law, which have been around for a long time, there is a set of laws or a code of ethics that accompanies the job. This area has not yet established such rules. The article states that most ethical issues such as: reading employee emails and changing words, using keyloggers to get everything a specific person typed, or screen capture programs to monitor everything they have viewed, have not even encountered by There is also no standard that every IT professional must follow. It's scary to think about the amount of power and information an IT professional has access to, and the fact that there are no laws prohibiting some of the procedures they are also subject to. scary thought. Even at Southwestern Assemblies of God University, computer scientists have access to our Social Security numbers, the Web pages we visit, and even our Internet passwords like those for email or student logins. If IT professionals are hired and have no prior discretion over ethical issues, how can we trust what they will do with the information they have about us. I hope Southwestern's employers chose the right people for the job, but what about America's everyday office. The article states that some IT professionals even help employees get others fired. An example of this would be: In this particular company, the IT department receives all emails to be screened before sending them to the recipient..