MONDAY
M8AM
Ethics for Systems Administration
Who should attend: Systems administrators and others with access to confidential information. Anyone who manages systems administrators, or makes policy decisions about computer systems and their users. The class will start with examination of some of the ethical responsibilities that come along with access to other users' data, accounts and confidential information. There will be several case studies, and all attendees will be encouraged to actively participate in the discussion. We will look at numerous viewpoints and come up with a rational and reasoned response to various ethical challenges. Using the SAGE Code of Ethics as a model, some examples we will examine:
The answers to these and other questions are often far more complicated than one would initially guess. After completing this tutorial, you will be better able to resolve questionable situations, and will have the means to support your decisions. Lee Damon has been a UNIX Systems Administrator since 1985, and has been active in SAGE since its inception. He is a member of the SAGE Ethics Working Group, and was one of the commentators on the SAGE Code of Ethics. He has championed awareness of ethics in the systems administration community, including writing it into policy documents. |
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