Question module 2 case study If the law does not keep pace with technological development

Justin Ellsworth was a Marine who gave his life for his country. By all accounts he was a brave and fine Marine and we all owe him the highest debt of gratitude. But we were also left with a serious question, what to do with his email? His parents wanted access. They wanted to see what their son had to say. However, email is a private sort of thing. Yahoo, his email provider, had a terms of service agreement with him. And while we sympathize greatly with his parents, there is also a precedent to be concerned about. One can’t simply waive away the privacy issue as a decision to release the information could have serious consequences for email privacy for us all. So the issue needs to be discussed, thought through, and resolved. That is why we have cases like this in a class like this, so we can think these things through and try to respect the family, the deceased, and the needs of society. So I ask you:

Should Justin Ellsworth’s Parents have been given access to his email?

Case Expectations:

Please answer this question in three to five pages. Be sure to assess, separately with thorough explanations, the utilitarian and deontological considerations.

Please go to the web and to our cyberlibraries and find as much as you can on this case.

You can read about it by going to Proquest:

Who gets to see the e-mail of the deceased?

Susan Llewelyn Leach Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Mass.: May 2, 2005. pg. 12; Retrieved on August 28, 2012 from PProquest.

Abstract
Yet many legal experts say Yahoo! acted correctly. It denied the family’s informal request and only yielded under court order. “I would hope that the Yahoo! position here would become a trade practice – that e-mail would only be released if a judge approved it,” says Gerald Ferrera, executive director of the Cyberlaw Center at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass.

For Yahoo!’s part, the company says it still stands behind its commitment to treat each user’s e-mail as private and confidential. “We are pleased that the court has issued an order resolving this matter … and allowing Yahoo! to continue upholding our privacy commitment to our users,” says Yahoo! spokeswoman Mary Osako.

Most people leave their privacy in the hands of e-mail providers, rarely reading through the terms of service and privacy policy before clicking the “I agree” box. Yahoo! states that its accounts are nontransferable and that “rights to the Yahoo! I.D. and contents within the account terminate upon death.” Destroying the data once the contract ends simplifies life for Internet service providers (ISPs), says Mr. [Alan Chappell].

General Expectations:

Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page for your in-text citations in addition to the body of your paper.

Be sure to proofread your paper.

Upload your paper to Coursenet by the end of the module.

Rev. January 7, 2014

module 2 SLP

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Once you have identified and explained the issue, identify one (1) business decision your company will make in regard to this issue.

Once you’ve settled on an issue and business decision, you can ask your professor for some feedback before you get started on writing your paper.

SLP Expectations

For this module 2 SLP assignment, identify and explain the issue at your company that interests you and identify and explain one (1) business decision your company will make in regard to this issue. Describe the business decision. For this assignment, emphasize the business aspects of the decision. We will do our ethical analyses in the upcoming SLP assignments.

Please address the SLP expectations in two to three pages, not including title page or reference page.

General Expectations

Your paper should be double-spaced with 12-point font.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page in addition to the body of your paper.

Be sure to proofread your paper.

Upload your paper to Coursenet by the end of the module.

Rev. January 7, 2014

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