System+Fundamentals

2.1.1 System Fundementals

 * Social and ethical issues**

Students must study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of IT systems. These may include:

 **Topic 1:**The economic value of information **by Kent Harvath**

 **Topic 2:**Environmental issues related to the production of computer components and supplies **by Joseph Toyoshima **

 **Topic 3:**Environmental issues related to the disposal of obsolete hardware and computer supplies **by Roger Maue **

 **Topic 4:**Health and Ergonomic Issues Created by Computers **by Ken Moyer **

**Topic 5:**Password protection, Security, Biometrics and Authorized access **by Akira Jackson **

 **Topic 6:**Issues related to viruses on both stand-alone and network systems **by HeeJun Son **

 **Topic 7:**Greater dependence of organizations on IT **by Takafumi Kurihara**

 **Topic 8:**Increase in teleworking and the virtual office **by Sung Hwan Chun**

 **Topic 9:**The need for ongoing training and retraining **by Andrew Leung **

 **Topic 10:**The economic and psychological implications of planned IT obsolescence in hardware, software and services, which has been forced on consumers by the IT industry **by Sam Simaskul **

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> **Topic 11:**Organizational policies and standards, for example, e-mail, surveillance and monitoring policies **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153)">by Matthew Wilder **

**Knowledge of technology**

In order to study and evaluate the social and ethical issues involved in the use of IT systems, the student must have an understanding of related technological concepts. These may include:

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> **Topic 12:****Key Terms** **by <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153)">Tommy Chang ** Data, information, hardware components, for example, input devices, output devices, processing, storage, memory (RAM, ROM), MHz, dpi, bit, KB, MB, GB, TB, ASCII, compatibility

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> **Topic 13:**Use, advantages and disadvantages of analogue and digital data **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153)">by Tomer Lapidot **

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> **Topic 14:**Operating systems (multitasking, boot) and utilities, for example, defragment, disk format, virus scan programs **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153)">by no one yet. **

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> **Topic 15:**Responsible computer use (for example, regular back-ups, virus checking, security, storage, housekeeping) **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153)">by Raymon Ohmori **

<span class="wiki_link_ext"> **Topic 16:**A responsible and systematic approach to implementing or upgrading IT systems, for example, analysis, design, implementation, testing, evaluation, training, policies and standards. **<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153)">by Romeo Wu **