Ethics in I.T.

chiefloko writes: I am presently taking a "Business Ethics" class while earning my MBA. I am posed with a final paper topic on "Ethics within the Information Technology realm." Over the past 13 years I have worked for three corporations and have scene everything from the typical B.O.F.H. to un-godly pirated software use. I also bore witness to a remote user logging in to a poorly administrated Sun station, finding out s/he was root, and then reading co-workers emails. I am interested in what the "norm" goes for ethics in the I.T. world and some of the outcomes and stories.