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IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 2 Assignment

Research Report on IT Ethics

For this assignment, you will research an issue related to information technology ethics. You may want to select a topic you feel will have an impact on your professional life. Your paper will be a minimum of three pages long (not including a title page, table of contents, and reference page). You must have a minimum of three references, cited using current APA guidelines. Papers that do not meet these requirements will receive point deductions.

Report Requirements

Evaluate an issue related to cyberethics.

Evaluate the implications of ethical issues for people and for technological practices.

Demonstrate effective communication of facts, research, analyses, and opinions regarding issues in information technology ethics.

Follow APA style and format guidelines for resources and citations, and create a document that is clearly written and generally free of grammatical errors.

Please refer to the Research Report on IT Ethics Scoring Guide for more information on how you will be graded.

Potential Topics

There are many options to pursue. Here are some possibilities:

Access or digital divide.

Legal liability or accountability.

The importance of an organizational code of ethics.

Fair information practice principles.

Privacy protection.

Electronic medical records/HIPAA.

Copyrights.

The role of cookies.

Data mining, property rights.

Hackers and hacking.

Criminal behavior on the Internet.

Global issues.

Policy approaches (for example, privacy policies or employer policies related to cyberethics).

Social implications and social values.

Laws and the legal system pertaining to IT.

Whistle-blowing.

Workplace monitoring.

Viruses.

Social networks.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device).

Biometric technology.

Social media issues.

You may want to choose a current topic that is trending in IT.

Once the paper is submitted, please open the link to make sure it opens in the correct format and that you have posted the final version—the one you want graded.

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 3 Assignment

Team Project Timeline, Tasks, and Responsibilities

For the final assignment of the course project, due in Unit 5, you will write, as a team, a brief report on the importance of writing and adapting a code of ethics for your organization and develop a PowerPoint presentation that will include the components of the proposed code of ethics for your company. This will be your final assignment of the course, Team Project: IT Code of Ethics. The report will be written as if to be presented to the CEO and CIO of the organization. The PowerPoint presentation will be presented to top management and supervisors as well as the CEO and CIO.

Your instructor will set up a discussion area in the group area in the courseroom. At this time, locate the team that you are assigned to for the course project and contact your team members.

For the Unit 3 assignment, begin by:

Establishing some rules for the team.

Developing a brief project plan.

Defining team roles and assignments with deadline dates.

Building a constructive climate by using good communication practices.

Use the group discussion area with your team to complete your tasks, responsibilities, and timeline documentation. Your team will establish who will be the project manager (PM). This can be done by consensus, nomination, or by volunteering.

Primarily, the goal of the Unit 3 assignment is to develop a task list for the project. For a successful assignment, complete the following:

Determine who will be the project manager, or leader, for your team. This person will submit the final components (report and PowerPoint) for the Unit 5 assignment as well as the required assignment for Unit 3.

Determine the strategy with which you will complete your team project. This includes the tasks that will be completed for the paper and PowerPoint presentation.

Document specific guidelines and responsibilities for each team member to ensure a functional team.

Determine the timeline in which the tasks and final project will be completed.

Include other issues that are integral to the success of your team project.

As a team, start to plan your paper by doing the following:

Review the overall project requirements in the course project description.

Determine the tasks that need to be done to complete your paper.

Determine the responsibilities of each team member. You may decide to assign various pieces of the assignment at this time. You may want to consider assigning some team members to the report and others to the PowerPoint.

Since the final project assignment is due in Unit 5, it is important for your team to organize the tasks and activities as soon as possible. Organization helps teams identify all the issues that will be involved in the project.

It is recommended that your team post a draft of the Unit 3 project component by Friday in your group discussion area. By doing this, team members can provide feedback for improving this paper and the updates can be completed prior to submitting. This project component is due by Sunday evening and must be submitted by the project manager to the instructor.

Assignment Submission

The project manager will submit a document with the names of all team members. Included in the document will be the responsibilities of each team and the due dates. The paper should be 1–3 pages. This paper does not require APA citations.

Everyone else on the team will submit a short document stating what he or she has contributed to the group effort thus far. This paper does not require APA citations but must be written in a professional manner.