Digital Society · 2 Concepts

DS2.7 — Values and ethics

Digital Society · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. DS2.7.1

   How values and ethics are studied

   Values and ethics in digital society are explored and investigated by diverse subjects, fields and professions such as ethics, philosophy, world religions, law and public policy.

2. DS2.7A

   What values and ethics decide

   Values and ethics are ways to determine possible distinctions between right and wrong, fair and unfair, just and unjust, legal and illegal, proper and improper.

3. DS2.7B

   Guiding action

   Values and ethics guide human action in the world, including individual and group conduct, and decision-making.

4. DS2.7C

   Personal to professional

   Values and ethics may be personal, shared, collective and/or professional.

5. DS2.7D

   Frameworks, codes and laws

   Values and ethics are expressed through frameworks, codes, rules, policies and laws.

6. DS2.7E

   Shaping ideas, objects and systems

   Values and ethics influence and shape ideas, objects, practices, systems and spaces.