Ethics and Corporate Compliance: The Advantages of a Values-Based Approach
White Papers Public companies and their senior executives and board members may be held accountable - personally accountable in the case of the executives and board members - not only for the financial reporting provisions of the new legislation, but also for...
[December 20, 2004, 2:00]
Ethics? Is that near Sussex?
Blog I would like to think it is my ethics that stop me, but the reality is much simpler. Anyway, ethics are like motor cars. Embargoes are tricky things. Embargoes are rules that some journalists live by, or not.
[May 28, 2008, 16:15]
Proposed Rules Under the Sarbanes - Oxley Act: Changes to Internal Controls, Ethics Codes, Use of Experts and Auditor Interference
White Papers These rules have been mandated by Sections 303(a), 404, 406 and 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and set out new requirements with respect to: internal controls, codes of ethics, "financial experts" on a firm audit committees, and auditor...
[December 20, 2004, 2:00]
Ethics & Code of Conduct Training: Your Critical Role in Compliance
White Papers The critical need for ethics and "Code of Conduct" training for the entire workplace, however, is changing that viewpoint, placing Training, HR, and Employee Relations professionals squarely at the compliance table.
[June 5, 2009, 11:05]
HP gets new ethics officer
News With the company's former ethics officer facing criminal charges, HP on Thursday hired a replacement to help put an end to spying scandals. Jon Hoak was named HP's new vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer, the company said in a...
[October 13, 2006, 9:05]
HP gets new ethics officer
Talkback The very fact that you HAVE to have an ethics officer is scary. One would assume that the leaders of a global organization would hold the higher standards. Well, shut my mouth, I completely forgot about M$.
[October 16, 2006, 13:35]
Young IT managers value ethics over pay
News The CMI research — which quizzed 826 managers under 35 as well as management students — found many appear to be driven by ethics and a sense of purpose. Young 'Generation Y' managers working in the tech sector are loyal and prepared to work hard in...
[June 12, 2008, 9:29]
Managing electronic data - a code of ethics
News Teaching employees about the ethics of data management is part of the daily routine for Sandy Hofmann, chief information officer of an Atlanta IT firm. Paskoff, founder and president of Employment Learning Innovations, an Atlanta firm that trains...
[July 3, 2003, 14:37]
Court case shines light on security ethics
Talkback Is it true that this researcher has authored the Happy99 virus?
[January 15, 2005, 11:49]
What colour is my trilby? The ethics of hacking by hacks
Blog Comment Yes the irony is especially droll, however I find it disturbing that the Black Hat WiFi Gestapo evidently doesn't have a sense of humor. What a bunch of crap. Journalists were able to deduce/detect the open systems and log onto them?
[August 11, 2008, 9:27]
Court case shines light on security ethics
Talkback "At present, no software companies provide financial rewards for those who report valid vulnerabilities to them. Dan your just wrong. Doh! http://www.mozilla.org/security/bug-bounty.html The Mozilla Security Bug Bounty Program is designed to...
[January 14, 2005, 15:21]
It's time to put ethics into IT
Talkback Shame! I am not an Catholic, nor any sort of activist. I am only an IT manager with a "normal" sense of morality and conscience. I find it appalling and sickening that the richest people behind some of the richest companies can treat people not so...
[January 29, 2004, 12:57]
IT's a question of ethics in the online workplace
News We got a lot of questions from people saying they were afraid to give someone their company email address for things like weekend soccer clubs," says Jerry Guthrie, the company's ethics officer. Cautionary tales are piling up -- from United Parcel...
[October 21, 1999, 13:44]
What colour is my trilby? The ethics of hacking by hacks
Blog Three French journalists have been thrown out of the Black Hat conference for sniffing their fellow hacks. Apparently, sitting in the press room, finding people with insecure connections and telling the organisers is Just Not Done.
[August 8, 2008, 15:44]
Spyware - The Ethics of Covert Software
White Papers Spyware can be defined as an agent technology or software, which is bundled into another piece of software. Spyware is most commonly bundled together with freeware which the user downloads and installs.
[April 14, 2006, 1:01]
Court case shines light on security ethics
News The legal action currently being brought by French software company Tegam International against Guillaume Tena, who claimed to have found flaws in its software, has sparked a debate on how the reporting of security vulnerabilities should be handled.
[January 13, 2005, 12:45]
Implications of Cultural Variety for IT Codes of Ethics
White Papers IT organisations are growing along with the international businesses they service. Driven by globalisation, the world is becoming a single workplace and marketplace. Like all professionals, IT professionals who work within these organisations...
[November 17, 2006, 1:35]
Ethics in Distance Education: Developing Ethical Policies
White Papers The impact of technology on teaching is enormous, both teaching in the traditional classroom and at a distance. This paper takes a look at the changing world of education through distance education. There is a need to deal ethically with faculty...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
Applied Hacker Ethics - Foundations of the World Wide Web
White Papers Currently, there is much discussion on new markup languages for the World Wide Web (WWW, Web). Some standard formats are accompanied by considerable fanfare, and their importance is therefore sometimes accused of being exaggerated.
[June 24, 2009, 10:40]
The Ethics of Tracing Hacker Attacks Through the Machines of Innocent Persons
White Papers Victims of hacker attacks are increasingly responding with a variety of "active defense" measures, including "invasive tracebacks" that are intended to identify the parties responsible for the attack by tracing its path back to its original source.
[February 21, 2005, 2:00]



