Topics in Information Technology Ethics Assignment -
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this subject, you should:
- be able to identify ethical issues related to ICT;
- be able to assess the implications of ethical problems;
- be able to critically evaluate solutions to ethical problems;
- be able to apply ethical theories to ethical problems;
- be able to argue consistently and rationally about the moral issues raised by the adoption and use of ICT;
- be able to analyse ethical problems from the point of view of ICT professionals using the Australian Computer Society (ACS) Code of Ethics;
- be able to analyse ethical situations using critical thinking techniques.
Assessment item 1 - Doing Ethics Technique
Task - Proceed according to the following instructions.
1. Identify an ethical dilemma or ethically questionable situation from ONE of the following four YouTube videos:
Video1: A dilemma in IT: Select action end of video and see its consequence
Video2: Scenario 1 Overseas Codeshop
Video3: Scenario 2: Development Methodology
Video4: Scenario 3: Early Launch
Please include the link to the video in the references list of your assignment.
2. Undertake further research about the ethical issues you identified in your chosen video to assist you in analysing and discussing it in your essay.
3. You are required to analyse the ethical dilemma you have identified above using the Doing Ethics Technique (DET). The word limit should be between 900-1000 words. Note: Headings, citations, references and any appendices do not count towards your word limit, but quotations do. At the start of the assignment indicates in brackets the word count of your assignment excluding those items mentioned above.
4. Include a Reference list at the end of your work, in the correct APA referencing style, corresponding to in-text citations. You must include at least TWO (2) quality academic references from different sources. Please note that these references are in addition to those provided to you through this subject (for example, you still must reference, the DET, Tavani, the Interact subject lecture notes etc BUT these references cannot be used as one of your two quality academic references from different sources). Only include references that have been cited in the body of your assignment and ones that support what you have presented in your assignment.
Rationale - This assessment aligns with the following subject learning outcomes:
- be able to identify ethical issues related to ICT;
- be able to assess the implications of ethical problems;
- be able to critically evaluate solutions to ethical problems;
- be able to apply ethical theories to ethical problems;
- be able to argue consistently and rationally about the moral issues raised by the adoption and use of ICT.
Assessment item 2 - Applying Ethical Theory
Task - Your lecturer will place several links in Interact to a number of relevant articles and/or case studies. These will be available to you just after your second assignment has been submitted. Choose one of the media articles or case studies listed by the lecturer in your Interact 2 subject site.
Use the title of the article/case study provided in interact 2 as the title of your essay, so that the lecturer knows which article you are analysing.
Undertake further research about your chosen case, to assist you in analysing and discussing it in your essay.
You are required to complete the following:
Write an essay:
The for the essay is 1200-1300 words. Headings, citations and references do not word limit count towards the word limit, but quotations do.
Analyse the article/case study from the perspective of four classical ethical theories including utilitarianism, deontology, virtue and contract. Present well reasoned arguments for your assessments and recommendations.
Write an overall conclusion that justifies your recommendations made in your essay.
Include a list at the end of your work, in the correct APA referencing style, corresponding to in-text citations.
In ICT, the main ethical issues are taken to be:
ICT professionalism
Privacy
Security
Cyber-crime
Intellectual property
Regulation on the internet
Social inclusion
Community and identity
Pervasive and convergent computing.
The assessment item is designed to help you to build skills towards achieving the learning objectives, by requiring you to:
- identify an ICT-related ethical issue from a media article or case study;
- apply classical ethical theory to the analysis of an ethically questionable situation to determine the rightness or wrongness of actions/decisions made therein;
- derive logical and justifiable conclusions to resolve the ethical issue(s);and, apply proper academic referencing.
Attachment:- Assignment File.rar