Information systems have had an impact far beyond the world of business. New technologies create new
situations that we have never dealt with before. How do we handle the new capabilities that these devices
empower us with? What new laws are going to be needed to protect us from ourselves? This chapter will
kick off with a discussion of the impact of information systems on how we behave (ethics). This will be
followed with the new legal structures being put in place, with a focus on intellectual property and privacy.