Information Ethics: Malaysian Breach of Trust

Abstract

Currently, Malaysians are confronted with major information trust issues. There are numerous glitches, concerns and trends that are related to current information usage, information ownership and information control. Worst still, the existence and the lack of understanding on social responsibility and ethics towards the practices of social media information usage, intellectual property and information sharing makes it event difficult for Malaysian government to contain social restless. This paper will examine information ethics from an information professional point of view. It will discuss important information matters such as information accuracy and integrity, information privacy and local information national acts and security. Reflections on the glitches, concerns and trends that currently relevant to the supervision of information practice and controls will be discussed too. Particular emphasis will be on the essential involvement of an information professional on current information social and professional issues.

Glossary

These definitions have been taken directly from a Weblog posted by Bodnar in 2009 at the Web address listed on the references page Bodnar (2009).

Blog

Blog is a word that was created from two words: “Weblog”. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual or a business with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Facebook

Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. As of March 2014, Facebook was said to have 1.28 billion users worldwide. Facebook allows any users who declare to be at least 13 years old to become registered users of the site.

4Square

4Square is a social network in which friends share their locations and connect with others in close physical proximity to each other. The service uses a system of digital badges to reward players who “check in” to different types of locations.

Google+

Google+ is a social networking Website site similar to Facebook which is linked to Google’s free email service Gmail. As of October 2013, Google+ had over 540 million active users.

LinkedIn

LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. Currently, LinkedIn has over 300 million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide.

MySpace

MySpace is a social networking Website which became the most popular social networking site in the USA in June 2006.