Legal - Ethical & Professional Issues in Information Security

Question: Discuss about theLegal, Ethical Professional Issues in Information Security. Answer: Introduction Irrespective of the nature of Australian firm, companies are expected to adhere and follow legal and ethical framework as put forward by the Legal Framework. All workers regardless of their field and profession should function within the ethical and legal framework of the country. Companies should also follow ethical norms and implement appropriate legal framework and ensure that employee management is conducted in an ethical way. The essay here discusses legal and ethical framework in the professional environment in Australia with special focus on discussing the risk management in IT sector in Australia (Remley and Herlihy, 2012). Risk of working is common in any business environment. Companies sometimes violate the employee norms and law and thus lead to problem. Employee safety and risk management are key issues in administration demands special evaluation and analysis here in this essay. Body: Everyone in Australian professional environment are expected to function within the boundaries defined by the legal and ethical framework. Legal framework should be followed to eliminate risks and safety oriented issues in the internal working environment. Employees will not work properly if they do not feel safe and secured. Risks could be eliminated in a strategic way by implementing appropriate law and statues (Cohen and Liverman, 2011). While the laws of the country restricts and strictly mention the specific behaviour of the employee and management in a unique way, ethics, however defines codes of socially accepted behaviour and how one should present himself in the society. Ethics include cultural codes and also introduced customs as and when necessary. Laws however, need to be approved by the authority before implementation. Ethics are not always legally approved and hence could be implemented by the governing authority (Chase, 2015). For instances the following statues; Privacy Act (Commonwealth) 1988 Privacy Amendment Act 2000 Some of the most important laws followed here are; Workplace health and safety act Anti-Discrimination Act Equal Employment Opportunity Environmental Standards Duty of Care Privacy Act Data Privacy Act Work place safety is of tremendous importance as this act helps in developing safety and security of the employee. When the employee is safe and secured in the work environment he would automatically work properly and ensure business development in a defined way. After going through the norms mentioned by ACS book I put forward the following approach that could be considered for managing work environment. ACS Code of Ethics strictly highlights ways of improving professional work environment in an ethical way by following honour, dignity and effectiveness to the core (Hartman, 2011). Though this apparently seems possible, in a practical environment the supervisor may lead to a difficult situation which shall be impossible to overcome by a junior administrator. In such critical situations following the ACS codes and adhering to ethical norms will help in getting an edge in the situation and overcome the problem in a defined way, Such a system was not followed and rules were violated. The law also mentioned ways of evolving as a good and responsible citizen in the Australian society. Thus law is Australian society is unique and motivates and support performance of the employees within the company in a defined way. It also helps the management to understand and implement activities as per legal norms and follow ethical approaches to improve overall functionality of the business management in a defined way (Susilo and Mu, 2014). Conclusion: Ethical codes and legal framework are to be followed by every company and ensure employee involvement and employee safety. Developing a safe and risk free work environment automatically attracts employees towards the company and when knowledgeable and productive employees join the company it automatically enhances its performance in a defined way. Hence, companies adopt various ethical and legal frameworks to ensure improvement in production and employee performance. References Chase, Y. (2015). Professional Ethics: Complex Issues for the Social Work Profession.Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 25(7), pp.766-773. Cohen, H. and Liverman, C. (2011).Certifying personal protective technologies. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press. Hartman, L. (2011).Perspectives in business ethics. Boston: McGraw-Hill. Remley, T. and Herlihy, B. (2012).Ethical, legal, and professional issues in counseling. Susilo, W. and Mu, Y. (2014).Information Security and Privacy. Cham: Springer International Publishing.