Assignment: Ethical Issues in Information Systems

Choose one (1) ethics issue found within Chapter 4 of the textbook.

You may also use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research articles on ethical issues in information systems and choose one (1) ethics issue of interest to you.

Write a two to three (2-3) page research paper in which you:

1. Summarize the issue that you have chosen.

2. Express your own opinion of, or position on, the issue that you have chosen.

3. Identify two to three (2-3) human and technological protective measures that you would use as security safeguards and enforcement actions in order to address the ethics issue that you have chosen.

4. Identify at least three (3) problems related to management information systems that may arise from the issue that you have chosen. Next, propose at least one (1) solution to address each problem in question. Provide a rationale to support your response.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe how and why information systems are used today.
• Evaluate the ethical concerns that information systems raise in society, and the impact of information systems on crime, terrorism, or war.
• Explain how to secure information systems resources that focus on both human and technological safeguards.
• Identify how to mitigate risks as well as plan for and recover from disasters.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information systems.
• Write clearly and concisely about management information systems using proper writing mechanics.