Network Management in Organisations

Assessment Title Essay and Power Point on Ethical issues

Topic for this assignment is The importance of Professional Ethics

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping)

The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis and academic writing of high standard. In this assignment students will:

- Identify potential ethical and social issues related to IT administration ethics.

- Discuss ethical and social issues pertaining to ITsystems'-`administration.

- Interpret professional codes of ethics developed by various industry bodies.

- Discuss ethical behaviour in accordance with professional codes.

- Explain ethical solutions toensure that the society benefits.

Students must be able to generate ideas at abstract levels and support their arguments with strong reasoning. Students must strengthen critical thinking skills by answering the assignment.

Submission Guidelines

- All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.

- The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.

- Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.Assignment Description

A) Write an essay on one of the following topics. 800 - 1500 words

B) Prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on the above essay. 4 - 6 Slides

C) A five-minute presentation of the above in your Laboratory Class in Week 12.

For referencing, use APA or IEEE guidelines, but consistently.

Your topic is the one listed below based on the last digit of your student ID at MIT.

Topic

0) Being an ethical IT Professional

1) Being an ethical student of Networking Technology

2) The importance of Professional Ethics

3) How to conduct Ethical Research

4) Ethical issues related to the content available over the Internet