There are various factors that influence the type and effectiveness of a leader in any country. These factors influence the control of the various technologies in the same country based on the ethics, type of governance and the state of the technological advancement in the country. In the case of Technologica country, these factors will play an important role on my leadership of the country. This essay is going to discuss the things to do to control some of the technology innovations, the type of government and how it affects the ability to make decision on control and benefits and drawbacks of the type of government. The factors considered in the decision of control of the technology and things to do and not to do in the control of these technologies are analysed together with the reason of doing that.
In a country full of technological advancement like Technoligica, there are various actions that will need to be taken to control the technological innovations. The first will be to lay down the appropriate laws and regulations on the production, distribution and the usage of the technological products. The operational security of the country will need to be well laid down. Identification of the information that is critical to the well-being of the country to avoid vulnerabilities in the country control the innovations in the country. This can be by hiding the various secret information of the government from people, the creation of a computer network operation that will enable the disruption of enemy computer network and information collection on the enemy. This will put the country at an advantage in terms of protection of its infrastructures .
The type of government that the people of Technologica have is the one pegged on democracy. The people have a say on the decision made by the leaders and can also influence the course of any action. The example is the fact that a faction of the people feel that using chemical warfare is unethical while others are of the opinion that the government should use any means possible to contain the escalation of war between the neighbouring countries. This democratic leadership affect the decision made by the government on the privacy and security for the people thus, only an acceptable compromise has to be made before the implementation of anything. Activism and various freedom advocates are present in the country thus making it a democratic government.
In a democratic government, the control of technology is affected in many ways with this type of leadership. The issue of the morals of the citizens and the ability to make decision will be always conflicting during the decision making process. It can also positively affect the control of the technological innovation by setting rules on cyber security. Actions like information espionage that the people will be opposed to will give you an ability to lay down appropriate cyber rules to protect the public sector from cyber-attacks.
Another way in which a democratic system will affect the ability to control technology is the free sharing of information within the country. The population have a right to demand for accountability on the usage of the various technologies thus the level of secrecy will not be achieved. As a leader, the choice on the control of the technologies will have to factor in the views of many people who might not necessary be objective to the decisions thus lead to a difficulty in leadership.
Any government has its benefits and drawbacks. The advantages of this democratic leadership government is that it promotes individual responsibility to the country. The decision on whether to protect the country against the looming external attacks is shared by the people thus will lead to efficiency in the running of the government. It also promotes friendliness between the authorities and the subjects and will lead to more personal growth and motivation to me as the leader. The other advantage of this type of governance is that the there is a reduction in communication gap between the leader and the people. Giving every person a chance to express their views will lead to taking actions that every citizen will be comfortable with.
The drawbacks of this type of leadership stems from the tedious decision making process the leaders is subjected to. As a leader, I could have already deployed a lethal technological defence to my country but this is hampered by the fact that the population has to be involved in the decision. The external enemies who do not play by the rules and can use nuclear and biological weapons will need a government to be prepared to make any decision that it deems fit for the situation at hand. However, this would not happen for the fear of facing opposition from its people on the decision to be made.
The things that will need to be undertaken when controlling a technological innovation will be the impact of the innovation on the people. If a technology makes the people prone to its harmful effect it need to be controlled. A technology that will release radioactive materials need to be controlled so as not to harm the general population. The cost of the production of these innovations will need to be factored in also. The government will be using tax payers’ money to fund these technologies thus the cost and the necessity of the technologies is important. The privacy of the citizens is of great essence in the control of the various technologies. Other factors that are to be considered before deciding on the use of the various technology is the ethical implication of the technologies. The country has a strong ethical background thus any action on the control of technology will need to be in the public view of the control of the technology. Having been a democratic government system, the public will always play an important role in the support of the technology. The social and economic implication factors on the control of the technology have to be factored in before a decision is made.
The other important factor in the consideration of the control of technology is the national security of the country. The technology that endanger national security should be controlled. The rights of the people have to be respected only if the security of the nation is not at stack. The freedom of information and speech will be controlled only if they conflict with national security. This serves to protect the country better and thus lead to the creation and control of various technologies in the country .
The control of cyber technology and the internet will be achieved through the security of the internet. This will be by the use of a secure network overlay like encryption services, creating a perimeter threat defence like firewalls and intrusion protection systems. The government will need also to provide content and email security through email filtering, data leakage prevention and content filtering. They will also implement a secure mobile working like strict network admission control and identity management to the public networks. Centres for cyber prevention will be created for real time monitoring of cyber-attacks to the country. This will need the gathering of citizens’ information and storage of the information in a central location . The thing that should not be done is the misuse of the citizens’ information obtained to spy on them. This will go against the privacy of the citizens thus necessary action on the assurance of privacy should be done.
The second thing that should be done to control the technology is the implementation of appropriate laws to deal with the technologies. This can be by implementing and defining conditions for the suitability of use of the various technologies. The laws will indemnify the leadership of any wrong doing in case an action that is opposed by the citizens is implemented. The law will regulate the use of technologies like robots adherence to war laws.
The control of electronic production should adhere to the law of environmental conservation. The emissions from the devices should not harm the environment while the disposal of the e-waste should be done with some laid structures to control their pollution. The regulations on the approved manufacturers of electronics and the ones that meet the standards should be done by the government. This all will be meant to control the pollution caused by the electronics and also reduce the emissions of the technologies.
The technologies can be controlled by the use of the psychological operations targeted at specific audiences within the country to change their attitude towards some technologies. This programs like the implementation of psychological material that will change the reasoning, behaviour and stand on use of some weapons which are key to the protection of the country against external aggression should be done to make the citizens back the government in any eventuality. It can also be to convince the enemies on the retraction of use of some weapons thus can at the end change their attitudes towards war.
The provisioning of professional ethics in war has to be done. This will be by identifying the common morality in the countries to control the technology that my country will be providing. The moment diplomacy fails to work, other actions like deployment of an efficient military technology that have less psychological implications should be used. Training, creation of awareness and giving the opposing voices their rights will work positively in the control of the various technologies. Retaliatory plans that target individuals, using drones can be implemented to root out the main threats in the enemy countries instead of using bombs
The leadership should not use cyber-attack to the neighboring countries to get information on the weapons and military strategies. This will face opposition form the citizens who uphold high morality. As a leader, if need be and cyber-attack is used to get information from the enemy, the information should be marked confidential and not allowed to the public. This will reduce public outcry on the ethical implication of the use of cyber-attack in the collection of information
In conclusion, various factors will play an important role in the control of technology innovations for me as a ruler of this country. The type of government and the impediments presented will be of great importance to control the various technology. With openness and training of the citizens, acceptability on the control of technological innovations will happen thus better control decisions and strategies towards external aggression. But most of all, the society plays the biggest role in the acceptance of the technology innovations.
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