Donna Lindskog

Donna Lindskog is an Information Systems Professional (retired) and has her Masters degree in Computer Science from the University of Regina. She has worked in the IT industry since 1978. Most of those years were at SaskTel where she progressed from Programmer, to Business Analyst, to Manager. At one point she had over 48 IT positions reporting to her and she has experience outside of IT managing Engineers. As a Relationship Manager, Donna worked with executive to define the IT Principles so departmental roles were defined. As the Resource Manager in the Corporate Program/Project Management Office, she introduced processes to get resources for corporate priorities. In 2003 she was given the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award in Technology.

Articles by Donna Lindskog

Call for checklists and criteria for privacy and public protection in IT

IT professionals have many specializations: this is a call for you to share what you know about the requirements in your area. 

Social media causes polarization – so where do we go from here?

The social dilemma described in the recent movie with the same title exists because technology groups think that they are not responsible for the...

COVID-19 is not an excuse for poor ethics with 3D printers

The UK government is asking 3D printers to manufacture parts for medical equipment. The companies that reply are quoted as saying things like:

G7 concerned about Facebook Libra

Some takeaways from this year's G7

The More Things Change: How does team role affect ethical decision-making?

An ethical dilemma is described in this fictional excerpt from my book The More Things Change. In the 1980s, Carol is starting her new...

To start real conversations on IT ethics, we can turn to a fictional story

Through a fictional tale set in 1980s Manitoba, this blogger hopes to help spark IT ethics discussions.

Cambridge Analytica signature should have involved IT code of ethics

The Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach raises an important question: When do we truly know data has been deleted?

Following process is just the minimum of ethical software purchase

An ethical procurement process assumes that the company's policy is followed, but that's just the beginning.

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