Assignment Description

Here is a description of the project assignment for which you must address all of the following criteria as that is the basis for grading.

Project: Project Description (12%)

Objective: There are two high-level objectives in this project assignment that you must address:

1. Matrix: Produce a matrix mapping a key organizational ethical issue and how this issue is affected by laws, regulations and policies

2. Report: Prepare a text-only report (with a total minimum of 1,000 words) describing your thought process as you developed the matrix

This assignment gives you an opportunity to analyze a key IT-related organizational ethical issue subject to relevant laws, regulations, and policies. This includes sub-topics discussing information privacy, privacy laws, applications and court rulings (case law is usually an extension of the basic law), and key privacy and anonymity issues.

More specifically, consider a privacy topic like workplace monitoring,Web site user privacy policy, data mining, etc that has an organizational perspective as that will make your matrix easier to construct.

Note: You must produce an original ethical analysis in your original expression. Do not quote any source text and do not include any graphics of any kind in your project papers. Only use text and original expression - only that will be counted in addressing the minimum word count and addressing the topic criteria.

If you have problems creating a bordered table matrix or copy/pasting the table from the project description example, you can approximate the tabular format in your paper using an outline format, but make sure you identify the ethical dilemma, three chosen ethical principles, the stakeholders, and the specific responses of each stakeholder to the dilemma using each of the ethical principles you have identified.

Submission Requirements: Submit the assignment response for grading in your corresponding project Assignments Folder as a single attached Microsoft Word file (as an .rtf or .doc format file).

Format: Indicate appropriate American Psychological Association (APA) style for citations and references for all sources you use. In addition to critical thinking and analysis skills, your paper should reflect appropriate grammar and spelling, good organization, and proper business-writing style. Note: you only need to use APA style guidelines for the citations you provide in the body of your text to indicate that you are drawing information from a source (but not quoting it) and also in a corresponding reference entry in a list of references after the end of the body of your text.

Here is a link to descriptions and examples of APA references by category of online article publication:

http://library.nmu.edu/guides/userguides/style_apa.htm#top

Matrix:

Using the template provided in the project assignment description and the list of suggested topics, produce a matrix mapping a key organizational ethical issue and how this issue is affected by laws, regulations and policies.

Step 1: Identify the ethical dilemma based on one of the broad categories identified.

Step 2: Identify the stakeholders involved.

Step 3: Choose any three of the principles that might apply.

Step 4: Identify how the dilemma affect each stakeholder based on the principles you identified. Place this brief statement in the matrix next to the stakeholder.

Using the chosen dilemma and the three principles of normative ethics you selected from the following list, complete the ethical matrix.

To use the matrix you must choose any three (only three) of the following list of twelve (12) principles of normative ethics:

Autonomy: the duty to maximize the individual's right to make his or her own decisions.

Beneficence: the duty to do good both individually and for all.

Confidentiality: the duty to respect privacy of information and action.

Equality: the duty to view all people as moral equals.

Finality: the duty to take action that may override the demands of law, religion, and social customs.

Justice: the duty to treat all fairly, distributing the risks and benefits equally.

Non-maleficence: the duty to cause no harm, both individually and for all.

Understanding/Tolerance: the duty to understand and to accept other view points if reason dictates doing so is warranted.

Publicity: the duty to take actions based on ethical standards that must be known and recognized by all who are involved.

Respect for persons: the duty to honor others, their rights, and their responsibilities. Showing respect others implies that we do not treat them as a mere means to our end.

Universality: the duty to take actions that hold for everyone, regardless of time, place, or people involved. This concept is similar to the Categorical Imperative.

Veracity: the duty to tell the truth.

Report:

The completed matrix allows you to weigh the different issues involved and assign a rank as to the importance of the actions based on the effect on the stakeholders.

Prepare a text-only report with a total minimum of 1,000 words) describing your thought process as you developed the matrix (i.e., provide your rationale and justification for choosing the particular ethical issue, the ethical principles, and your analysis of relevant source articles (news, research, expert opinion, etc.) that helped to identify what actions would occur with this matrix of ethical issue and ethical principles).

Your report should include the following text phrases as required headings under which you address each corresponding topic:

1) Why I chose the dilemma

2) Why I chose the three principles

3) Analysis of the research used to identify the actions in the matrix.

Note: This assignment is directly related to Project B2. Make sure you read the B2 assignment description so that you understand the relationship with project B1.