Research Paper on:
Internet Technology and Morality

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it is also a faceless society and thus, the world becomes more surreal. Through electronic media--not only ethics--but moral obligation has been eroded. Introna seems to think that designers  and implementers of information systems and technology must become open to face the disaster that they are creating. In embarking on this topic, even if one accepts the premise as  laid out by the author, what can be done to stop the deterioration? Do engineers really have a role in preventing what seems to be an inevitable change for man?  Before embarking on solutions, first one must determine whether or not there is a problem at all. The author states that with the impersonal nature of electronics and this new  world that is entrenched in it, ethics are lost and morality has eroded to some degree. Part of the stance is that people are becoming disconnected and not developing social  skills. This does seem to be true. As children and teenagers grow up in chat rooms, they learn to type, but not how to communicate. Introna (2002) provides several important  points in making the argument. It is by no means frivolous. The author notes that this disconnection is making cheating or the compromising of principles much more likely. For example,  it is noted that the Internet opens the doors of pornography and cyber affairs as well as a new availability of crime scenarios that involve hacking, piracy and transmission of  viruses. Although that may be the case, some might argue that crime has always existed, but the author rebuts that with the idea that in fact, people do not think  of piracy as a crime. That is a good point. The Napster debate also enters the picture as millions of people decided that is was okay to share music through