Talk:Directing Technology/Ethics

Contributors: Bobby Siegfried Jack Tevnan --- Jack Entry - 12/4/07 (4:30pm)

Ethics and Personal Gain Discuss how it is unethical to promote or relegate ideas, etc. for ones own personal gain.

Ethics and Influence Discuss how it is unethical to use a position of power to influence a course of action.

Ethics and Weakness/Ignorance/Complicity Not sure exactly what to discuss here.

The "Talking Shop: School technology coordinator gets lesson in ethics – Explicit Emails" article had so many areas to consider. The Tech director was faced with the ethical decision to report the inapropriate behavior existing in his district even though he was aware of repercussions that had fallen on the last person to "blow the whistle". There was the fact that there were other staff and admin that were aware of the issues and chose to ignore them. Certain menmers of the staff promoting favoritism for other staff. Then there was the harassment the tech director faced once he uncovered the issue and shed light on it.

--- Jack Entry- 12/3/07 (10:30pm)

I figured I would just start it off with an introduction and small explanation of Ethics and how it relates to the Director of Technology.

I know Bobby had some specifics he wanted to cover in regards to policies so I did not want to step on any toes or begin to change too much. Bobby emailed that he was thinking about: policies such as email privacy policies, school technology plans, usage of school servers and client computers.

He also stated that "well written policies often detail how to deal with ethics and set parameters" which I think is very valid and should be included in the section where appropriate. --