Ética na Computação: a utilização de software no setor público nas cidades do alto oeste potiguar

Abstract

This Term paper aims to present the ethical behavior of public institutions of the alto oeste potiguar ( region located west of the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) and of its employees in the use of the computer and its software; exposing data about software piracy and its negative impact on the economy; presenting the types of software used in these institutions; highlighting the issues with security faced in these institutions by the employees, besides exposing the vulnerability of public systems used by these employees. Thus, the present study has a qualitative character with the case study method where the information of the employees of these institutions were collected and analyzed, tracing a profile about the ethical behavior of said employees in the workplace during the use of the computer. The result of the data collected with 17 employees indicates that the majority are unaware of ethics manuals on work and computation, with questionable ethical behavior at work in relation to the use of their service tools.