The introduction of computers into the workplace has introduced many questions as well: Should employers make sure the workplace is designed to minimize health risks such as back strain and carpal tunnel syndrome for people who work with computers? Can employers prohibit employees from sending personal memos by electronic mail to a friend at the other side of the office? Should employers monitor employees' work on computers? If so, should employees be warned beforehand? If warned, does that make the practice okay? According to Kenneth Goodman, director of the Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy at the University of Miami, who teaches courses in computer ethics, "There's hardly a business that's not using computers."1 This makes these questions all the more

important for today's society to answer.

There are also many moral and ethical problems dealing with the use of computers in the medical field. In one particular case, a technici

Computers "dehumanize human activity"4 by taking away many jobs and making many

8 Stephen A. Booht, "Doom Virus," Popular Mechanics (June 1995) 51

In conclusion, I believe that, in most situations involving computers, the morality or immorality of an action is up to the individual to decide, as it would be if computers were not involved. We have seen, though, that there are many instances in which people have, without a doubt, acted immorally and unethically.

4 James Coates, "Unabomber Case Underscores an On-Line Evil," Chicago Tribune (April

computers to do the work for us. These people may be right in that some humans allow computers to do work for them, but then if people did not make use of the new inventions and time-savers, farmers would still be plowing with a horse and we'd still be cooking on an open fire. Until computers exhibit actual artificial intelligence, though, we are still the ones doing the thinking. We program the computers to do what we want them to do.

According to the National Computer Security Association in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, there are 6000 known viruses worldwide and about 200 new ones show up every month.8 These viruses are spread quickly and easily and can destroy all information on a computer's hard drive. Now, people must buy additional software just to detect viruses and possibly repair infected files.

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