It is my belief that a crucial part of the ethics of business is computer ethics or information ethics. Most corporations today are teetering on whether computer improprieties are a violation of "professional ethic" rather than a legal ethics issue. The purpose of this paper will be to examine some of the ethical issues of the Internet as it relates to the theft of private or personal information from the material sent over the Internet.
Professional ethics can best be defined as learning what is right or wrong as it relates to the workplace and then doing the right thing. …