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IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 4 Discussion

DQ1 Codes of Ethics Comparison

A code of ethics is becoming an essential part of many IT departments within organizations, as well as across companies, organizations, and society. After reading and analyzing the codes of ethics from the studies activity earlier in this unit and researching other examples, address the following for this discussion:

What similarities did you find in the resources?

What differences did you note in the various codes that you reviewed?

Discuss what you think are important to include in a code of ethics for IT professionals.

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ2 The Digital Divide

For this discussion, respond to the following prompts:

What obligations does the United States have, as a democratic nation concerned with guaranteeing equal opportunities for all its citizens, to ensure that all Americans have full access to the Internet? Keep in mind that many elderly and impoverished people in the United States are still lacking Internet access.

Does the United States also have obligations to developing countries to ensure that they have global access to the Internet?

If so, who should pay for the development of technology for Internet access?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to one of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.