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Health risks Radiation Eyes Repetitive stress Musculoskeletal pain Preventative measures Eyes-to-screen (2 feet or more) Proper lighting Monitor should swivel Feet flat Proper arm angle Adjustable chair Other Aspects of Organisational Policy:Ergonomics Slide * Slide * Ethics Rules and guidelines that evolve over time in a society to enhance coexistence Principles that guide our behaviour Guidelines for deciding what is right an wrong Governs our relationship with others Slide * Ethics and the Community Ethical principles are shared by a group: Local community Village, town, city, country Cultural group Ethnic, religious, social Professional group Medical, legal, computing, business Society Universal Declaration of Human Rights Slide * Ethics and the Law Ethics Law Defined by group consensus or ethical statement Code of Ethics Defined by legislation or tradition Parliament Executive decree Tort Law Enforced by group pressure or group governing body Enforced by state power Police Military Moral, group sanctions Disapproval, disassociation Expulsion from group Punishment Fine Imprisonment Slide * Ethics and ICT Who is Responsible? Guidelines for whose behaviour? Computer Professional Businessman You Ethics “The legal system and the nation state were responsible for the creation of rules that reflected culturally accepted norms of behaviour. The legal systems then imposed the rules on individuals by way of the punishments determined by the judicial system. During the latter part of the twentieth century ethical dimensions have been somewhat withdrawn from the domain of government and in our modern world there is more emphasis placed on individual responsibility and the right of the individual to establish their own moral codes.” Slide * Professional Codes of Ethics Church and the state can enforce their standards to varying degrees; the state more so than the church In response to the need for individuals to establish their own moral and ethical codes,