Ethical issues in business computing – Duncan Langford

When we hear the word business computing the thing that comes in our mind is the expenses use in the business. But according to Duncan Langford it means that it is by no means straightforward. The business computing device system is now using computers not like before it is all manual once you have lost a data then there would be a problem with the business or the process will be repeated from the start not like computers you can save as many documents or things in the computer and also there is a backup so that once you have lost the data you have still a backup in the computer. The actual material processed by business systems all data entered and generated differs greatly.
This is particularly important as the nature of data held on company systems must affect the uses to which it may ethically be put. There would be four possible levels of business computing. Level one is including use of the computer- likely to be shared. At level one specially written software is generally unknown- instead there is reliance on packaged commercial software. At level two if more than one computer is owned, they may be used as individual machines or networked. Actual computer use will depend on the type of business but typically companies cover most aspects of business activity. The software is likely to be commercial packaged. At level three a business large enough to employ a designated computer specialist who will be given the task of setting up and maintaining company computer and lastly at level four there would be at least one team of computer specialist. Without specific training or direction the actual users of company computers may also act as unethically, either because they do not know or realize the consequences of their actions or because their use of company systems is not adequately policed.
The task of business computing or a computer is used in business to solve problems. This means that there would be less paper work and the system would be faster because it is already automated. Computer system considerations falls into two distinct equally important categories the first one is the nature of data – what is it, why was it collected, what uses are made of it, and so on. The second is less visible category is frequently overlooked.