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University of the People
Phil 1404 “Ethics”
Unit 4 Written Assignment Introduction
In this essay, the reader will understand how a copyright serve as a form of protection that is provided by the laws of the United States. Additionally, full explanation why copying software and other resources are called piracy and intellectual property (IP) will be made known to the reader. Finally, my professional code of ethics as a business person will be diligently explained to your understanding as the reader. Explain Why Copyright Laws are Important in Today’s Business World First and foremost, I will like to define Copyright laws as a legal tool or right granted to a musical …show more content…
A Sea-faring criminal that steals and loots what belongs to others people is known as a “Pirate” and that where the name piracy derived from. A software pirate can be someone who owns a computer and a Software piracy is committed by simply downloading or copying a program that a user has not paid for. While it may seem like an innocuous act, pirating software is the same as stealing. Software companies often invest thousands or even millions of dollars into creating the programs they sell. The income from selling these programs is what allows companies to produce the software and to continue improving the programs we use. Just because it is possible to copy a software program does not mean it is OK. Installing a commercial program from an illegal copy is the same thing as walking out of a store with the program and not paying for it. It is important to pay for commercial software. You can avoid software piracy by only downloading software from authorized sources and making sure that you have valid software licenses for all the programs you use. Remember that paying for software programs supports the software industry, which is good for all of us (Piracy Definition, …show more content…
For instance, The legal profession can swirl its complicated conflict-of-interest rules only just because it knows exactly what it is trying to accomplish—fair representation for all parties. Medical ethics are plagued with some spiky issues, such as when termination of pregnancy is appropriate, but there is a large area of agreement on what the point of the whole affair is. Actually it’s a system that make things work and a system doesn’t run itself, the system only works simply because private and
Public-sector managers on the whole have a strong sense of responsibility which will be my professional code of ethics as a business person or manager. In conclusion, a relatively minor way in which business contributes to social welfare is to take part in activities to which corporate citizenship is too often reduced. They include such philanthropic activities as support of the arts, contributions to charitable organizations, sponsorship of community building activities, and so forth which I will diligently uphold as a business