WHY DO WE NEED ETHICS AND LAW IN COMPUTING? :- Respecting Ownership Respecting Privacy . Respecting Property RESPECTING OWNERSHIP We must respect ownership by not stealing other people's work either by duplicating or distributing it. Duplicating and distributing copies of audio tapes, video tapes and computer programs without permission and authorisation from the individual or company that created the program are immoral and illegal. RESPECTING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY We should respect other people's privacy and condentiality by refraining ourselves from reading their mails or files without their permission. If we do so, it is considered as violating an individual's rights to privacy and confidentiality