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Job opportunities can be moved to areas with high unemployment rate. Location of work is not too important nowadays because of technological innovation, so those who live in high unemployment rate area can benefit from it. The government can encourage organisations to outsource some of their jobs to areas with massive unemployment. Besides, information systems enhance efficiency in an organisation, and this can reduce prices of goods and services. When prices drop, consumption of households will rise, leading to a higher Aggregate Demand and hence a better economy. Technological advances also means the creation of new type of jobs, such as the producers of new equipment and computers, information systems designers etc.
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Computer crime is a huge problem brought by advances in technology. Computer crime is “the commission of illegal acts through the use of a computer or against a computer system.” (Laudon & Laudon 2003 P.163) It can involve producing viruses, hacking, activities that damage other’s computer systems or even “stealing” information from a system. Computer crime is affecting the society as a whole. Piracy is another main problem, people are sharing unauthorised copies of music, movie and software through Internet. They are infringing the right of the owners and authors of these intellectual properties. Also, people and organisations are too dependent on information systems and information technology nowadays. They become very vulnerable to any incidents that will happen on information system, if the systems fail to work, the result will be
Computer crime is a huge problem brought by advances in technology. Computer crime is “the commission of illegal acts through the use of a computer or against a computer system.” (Laudon & Laudon 2003 P.163) It can involve producing viruses, hacking, activities that damage other’s computer systems or even “stealing” information from a system. Computer crime is affecting the society as a whole. Piracy is another main problem, people are sharing unauthorised copies of music, movie and software through Internet. They are infringing the right of the owners and authors of these intellectual properties. Also, people and organisations are too dependent on information systems and information technology nowadays. They become very vulnerable to any incidents that will happen on information system, if the systems fail to work, the result will be