Loudon 2 proposes five (5) moral dimensions of the information age are: 1) Rights and obligations of information: What

are the rights of individuals and corporations about information about themselves? What are the legal means to protect it? And hat are the obligations are for that information! "#hese rights include: $rivac% is the right of individuals to be left in peace! #echnolog% and information s%stems threaten the privac% of individuals to ma&e cheap' efficient and effective invasion! (ue process re)uires the e*istence of a set of rules or la s that clearl% define ho e treat information about individuals and that appeal mechanisms available! 2) $ropert% rights: ho to move the classical concepts of patent and intellectual propert% in digital technolog%? What are these rights and ho to protect? +nformation technolog% has hindered the protection of propert% because it is ver% eas% to cop% or distribute computer information net or&s! +ntellectual propert% is sub,ect to various protections under three patents: #rade secrets: An% intellectual or& product used for business purposes ma% be classified as secret! -op%right: +t is a concession granted b% la to protect creators of intellectual propert% against cop%ing b% others for an% purpose for a period of 2. %ears! $atents: A patent gives the holder' for 1/ %ears' an e*clusive monopol% on the ideas on hich an invention! 0) Responsibilit% and control: Who is responsible and ho controls the use and abuse of information from the $eople! #he ne information technologies are challenging e*isting la s regarding liabilit% and social practices' to force individuals and institutions accountable for their actions! 1) 2ualit% s%stems: What data standards' information processing programs should be re)uired to ensure the protection of individual rights and societ%? +t can hold individuals and organi3ations for avoidable and foreseeable conse)uences if their obligation is to see and correct! 5) 2ualit% of life: What values should be preserved and protected in a societ% based on information and &no ledge? What institutions should protect and hich should be protected? #he negative social costs of introducing information technologies and s%stems are gro ing along ith the po er of technolog%! -omputers and information technologies can destro% valuable elements of culture and societ%' hile providing benefits! #hese five dimensions represent ver% good guideline considerations' ethical )uestions and ans ers should be a compan% hen introducing a ne technolog%!