The Issue Of Stewardship Become The Norm In Digital Technology

TL;DR – Stewardship should become the norm in digital technology rather than just following policy.

The “Modern Digital Technology Requires Shared Responsibility, Not Enforced Policy” (Buytendijk, Papegaaij, & Velosa, 2016) article examines stewardship could be used to help strengthen digital ethics beyond the standard use of policies. As the IT landscape changes, the standard method of controlling behavior with policies and procedures will become less useful as the IoT expands and the usual view of data and technology ownership changes.

As technology changes and new items come into play, technology devices will become more individualized and the standard ownership of items and data will move from the department to the individual to control

The HitchBOT vandals and people tweeting to Tay were not stewards of the technology and did not consider digital ethics when completing their actions. As future technology comes into play stewards of shared technology need to be put in place. Taking care of shared technology will benefit all. Abuses of technology will only hurt the people who share it and so everyone who uses the technology should take care of it. For instance, if everyone who uses a gym leaves it a shambles, then no one benefits, but if everyone becomes a steward of the gym, then everyone benefits. In the digital world, people need to take care of the data or technology which would have benefit for more than

The way a device looks will help determine how it will be used. If the design of a hammer makes it look like a work of art, then it will not necessarily be used like a normal hammer, but a standard wooden handled, iron head hammer will be used like an ordinary hammer. Promoting the proper etiquette for the use of an asset will also help build stewardship. If people know the asset has a specific purpose and society promotes it, then the asset is less likely to be abused. Along the same lines, the reputation of the asset and receiving feedback on how someone used the asset will be of great value. If the reputation of the asset is strong, then the asset will be used more and taken care of in the proper way. Providing positive and constructive feedback to the user will also help build social etiquette and build up the reputation of the