information age comes an age of ethics. When we deal with the new

technologies introduced every day, we need to decide what we must

consider ethical and unethical. We must consider all factors so that

the use of the information readily available to many persons is not

abused. "Information technology will be the most fundamental area of

ethical concern for business in the next decade" (Houston 2). The most

widely used tool of the information age is the computer, whether it be

a PC or a network of computer systems. As we enter the information age

the newness and power of information technologies tests the ethics of

the average person, not just the criminal and causes thousands of

computer crimes to be committed daily. The most common computer crime

committed daily, some aware and many not, is the illegal sharing of

computer software. Software is any of the programs used in operating a

digital computer, as input and output programs, as defined by Funk and

Wagnalls Standard Desk Dictionary. When you purchase computer

software, you purchase it with the understanding that it will be for

use on a single computer, once installed on that system,

In recognition of the problems arising with the illegal and unethical

this understanding, and many load a program on a couple of computers

these unconventional beliefs of young hackers about information and

country. More businesses are likely to incorporate policies on

crimes in the future, criminal and juvenile justice agencies must look

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