Ais Case Study

Abstract

The evolution of technology has risen up issues on the society’s ethical stances. This research paper aims to discuss the society’s ethical stance on the use of CCTV in public places. The importance of CCTV and its negative impact to the society are those factors that lead to major debates. This paper will produce a discussion on the society’s ethical challenges and stance based on the uses of CCTV in public places, benefits of implementing CCTV as well as the negative implication of CCTV. It provides a further discussion relevant to the society’s ethical stances.

Introduction

The act of surveillance, is the process of monitoring something, someone or someplace with the use of technological tools or even manual surveillance. The process of surveillance is an ambiguous process where it has positive effects and negative effects depending to the nature of the surveillance. The act of surveillance can be used for both public and private usage. One of the most common forms in surveillance is video surveillance, otherwise known as Closed Circuit Television or CCTV [1]. Video surveillance is a technological system of surveillance by cameras, which can be set up and used by public authorities on public places for crime prevention and/or crime prosecution. It is a multifunctional technology, initially used to manage risk in cases of traffic jams, fire, accidents and crime. The system consists of video cameras connected in a closed circuit television [2]. Images are sent to a central television monitor or recorded in a control room [1].

One of the major setbacks of CCTV technology is the lack of a standard and clear outline on the uses of CCTV and the targeted population. Muller and Boos (2004) are one of the few who attempted to fully clarify its uses. Based on their study, they found that CCTV is generally used for information on access control, conduct control, registering evidence, flow control and the planning of 7 deployments. In terms of selection of...