Allah (SWT) said in the holy qura’an ( وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا)the translation is *{…O my Lord! advance me in knowledge}*(Ta-Ha 20:114) us as human beings its our nature to want to develop our knowledge and learn more from what’s around us, it is our knowledge that Allah (SWT) has given to us that has made the world we live in develop more and make it a better place to live in ;from buildings and transportations to computers and telecommunication devices and many more amazing creations it has all developed in time; meaning a 1000 years ago these developments haven’t even existed yet and thanks to Allah for giving us knowledge we have to seek for more to improve ourselves in everything . Nowadays technology has become part of our lives but the problem is do people use it in an ethical manner?
Some people don’t understand what ethics really is Ethics is a code or set of principles by which people live by; ethics and ICT are connected in many ways for example the internet has been a force for bad as well as good and generated a whole new set of issues. It’s rarely clear what is ‘right’ and what is ‘wrong’ and we shouldn’t let issues of personal usage change our principles and misuse the technology. Mostly students use IT to cheat on doing there assignments or research and take the easy way out by copying and pasting without even reading what’s written but sometimes they get away with it but only a few get caught but the Prophet (PBUH) stated, "He is not one of us who cheats us."
ICT (information and communication technology) is no longer something that only appears on organizational wish lists. ICT has become the backbone that will enable your life and work to deliver services effectively and efficiently, helping you reaches more people and ultimately does more with your daily life and helps produces money only in an ethical manner.
With ICT you can:
· raise your organization’s profile
· keep abreast of current developments and legislation in your field
· manage and organize information more easily
· accurately monitor your finances
· securely maintain your users’ contact details
· understand who is using your service and how you can widen your reach
· enable service users to support one another through online communities
· Save costs and operate more effectively allowing staff to work easily
So why do people want to use it unethically? Its because sometimes its cheaper or easier from them; there are many types of unethical work in ICT for example piracy, software piracy is the unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted material; it is mostly approved by students because they assume it is cheaper in price; it is illegal and unethical but it is also not Islamic, in the religion of Islam stealing is prohibited and piracy is considered stealing, there is also cyber crime which is also prohibited and unethical.
In conclusion, ICT is part of our daily lives so we should not misuse it in an unethical manner.
Prepared by: Yasmeen Fadaak.
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