4.3 business communications
P5 l will be explaining the legal and ethical issues that relate to the use of business information. l personally think that legal and ethical issues are usually to do with something that involves people having to abide to a law, in most cases there will be a consequence for not abiding with the law.
Most businesses have different information about people working for them, that's when the Data Protection Act 1998 protects the information held about people being misused.
The information usually on the company's database must be: obtained fairly and lawfully, only to be used for the purposes stated during collection, adequate relevant and not excessive in relation to the intended use, accurate and up to date, not kept for longer than necessary, proceed in line with your rights and also protected from transfer to an area outside the European Economic Area unless adequate protection exists for that data in the area.
There is also Freedom of Information Act 2000 (that came to effect in 2005) this includes
Right of access to information held by public authorities. This is when a person request information to public authority, the authority has to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description specified in the request, and if that is the case, to have that information communicated back to them
The Computer Misuse Act 1990 it is a law that does not allow certain activities when using computers, this include: hacking into other people's systems, misusing software or helping a person to gain access to protected files on someone's else's computer.
There are also ethical issues that are dealt with using organisational policies and codes of practise such as: use of email, internet and whistle blowing. These go under business ethics meaning moral principles concerning acceptable and unacceptable behaviour by business.
Whistle blowing is also one of the ethical issues users can use and relate to. This is when an
Most businesses have different information about people working for them, that's when the Data Protection Act 1998 protects the information held about people being misused.
The information usually on the company's database must be: obtained fairly and lawfully, only to be used for the purposes stated during collection, adequate relevant and not excessive in relation to the intended use, accurate and up to date, not kept for longer than necessary, proceed in line with your rights and also protected from transfer to an area outside the European Economic Area unless adequate protection exists for that data in the area.
There is also Freedom of Information Act 2000 (that came to effect in 2005) this includes
Right of access to information held by public authorities. This is when a person request information to public authority, the authority has to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds information of the description specified in the request, and if that is the case, to have that information communicated back to them
The Computer Misuse Act 1990 it is a law that does not allow certain activities when using computers, this include: hacking into other people's systems, misusing software or helping a person to gain access to protected files on someone's else's computer.
There are also ethical issues that are dealt with using organisational policies and codes of practise such as: use of email, internet and whistle blowing. These go under business ethics meaning moral principles concerning acceptable and unacceptable behaviour by business.
Whistle blowing is also one of the ethical issues users can use and relate to. This is when an