Un-appointed Hackers: should they be compensated?

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dc.contributor.authorGoliath, Yonnique Francesca
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-07T10:05:39Z
dc.date.available2020-09-07T10:05:39Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionA Research Report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Applied Ethics for Professionals Johannesburg, 2019.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractCybersecurity and data privacy have been prioritised by financial institutions due to legislative requirements, an increase in system security breaches, and in fulfilment of their obligations to their stakeholders. This paper discusses stakeholders’ interests, the moral duties of financial institutions, and the harm caused by hacking activities, in the context of data security. Specifically, the paper seeks to answer the question whether un-appointed hackers, who alert institutions to their security vulnerabilities and do not have malicious intent, should be compensated. Stakeholders’ interests and financial institutions’ moral duties are considered in the context of the stakeholder theory, and Kantian norms. I argue that financial institutions should not compensate un-appointed hackers, because hacking violates the principle of respect due to the data subject, and the financial institution’s moral duty to act in the interests of its stakeholders.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXN2020en_ZA
dc.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (60 pages)
dc.identifier.citationGoliath, Yonnique Francesca. (2019). Un-appointed Hackers :should they be compensated? University of the Witwatersrand, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29505
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/29505
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.schoolSchool of Social Sciencesen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshCyberspace--Security measures--South Africa
dc.subject.lcshData protection
dc.subject.lcshPrivacy, Right of
dc.subject.lcshComputer crimes--Prevention--Government policy.
dc.titleUn-appointed Hackers: should they be compensated?en_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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