Trong các mạng khu vực địa phương, khoảng cách thường ngắn truyền tải là gần như tức thời và mỗi bit lấp đầy toàn bộ một dây cáp phân khúc, mặc dù điều này phụ thuộc vào tốc độ dữ liệu. | . ETHICAL CONDUCT OF ADMINISTRATORS AND USERS 181 consideration for others and focus on larger issues where quantities of greater value are at stake. Users tend to think locally but the power of the Internet is to allow them to act globally. Bad behavior on the net is rather like tourists who travel to other countries and behave badly without regard for local customs. Users are not used to the idea of being so close to other cultures and policies. Guidelines for usage of the system need to encompass these issues so that users are forced to face up to their responsibilities. Principle 24 Conflicts of interest . The network reduces the logical distance to regions where different rules and policies apply. If neighbors do not respect each others customs and policies conflict even information warfare can be the result. If a single user decides to harass another domain with different customs then it becomes the system administrator s problem because he or she is the first point of contact for the domain. System administrators have to mediate in such conflicts and avoid escalation that could lead to information warfare spamming denial of service attacks etc. or even real-world litigation against individuals or organizations. Normally an organization giving a user access to the network is responsible for that user s behavior. Responsibility for actions also has implications for system administrators directly. For example are we responsible for deploying unsafe systems even if we do not know that they are unsafe Are we responsible for bad software Is it our responsibility to know Is it even possible to know everything As with all ethical issues there is no fixed line in the sand for deciding these issues. The responsibility for giving careless advice is rather easier to evaluate since it is a matter of negligence. One can always adopt quality assurance mechanisms . seek peer review of decisions ensure proper and achievable goals have a backup plan and adequate .
