CISB 412 Social and Professional Issues Introduction.
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CISB 412 Social and Professional Issues Introduction
Transcript of CISB 412 Social and Professional Issues Introduction.
CISB 412 Social and Professional Issues
Introduction
Expectation
• Final year = Young adult = Not a kid– Be responsible– Do not be late (we only meet once a week)– Take pride in what you do– Do not cut corners, if you decide to do so, do not
make it obvious to me !– Listen closely, attempt all activities
So, what is it all about?• This course introduces students to ethics and professional
issues pertaining to Information Technology. It prepares students (who will be the future professionals in a complex technological society) to deal with issues related to computers through introduction to issues ranging from ethical, social, legal, and economical relevant to being a responsible computer user (professional or personal).
• It also exposes students to the use of ethical/value analysis as a practical tool in defining and solving day-to-day ethical conflicts they might confront as computing and IT professionals.
Learning OutcomesAt the end of this course, the student should be able to:• Use and appreciates the ethical theories as tools to analyse
moral problems• Discuss issues related to the introduction of Information
Technology into society• Explain the legal and ethical implication of Information
Technology and Internet to intellectual property, privacy, lifestyle, work, wealth, and health.
• Be aware of the vulnerability of networked computers• Be acquainted with selected professional codes of conducts • Be familiar with notable cases of computerised system
failures
Teaching-learning strategy
• Lecture• Discussion / Case study• Presentation
Text
CompulsoryMichael J. Quinn “Ethics for the Information Age”, 3rd edition. Pearson 2009
Additional:George Reynolds “Ethics in Information Technology” 3rd edition Barnes and Noble, 2007
Assessment Methods and Types
• Final Exam 50%• Mid-Term Test/ Quizzes 20% • Assignment/Presentation 30%
Assignment Briefing
Objectives
At the completion of this assignment, the students are expected to be able to:
– Critically discuss issues related to the introduction of Information Technology into society
– Describe and explain the legal and ethical implication of Information Technology and Internet to Intellectual property, privacy, lifestyle, work, wealth, and health.
– Be acquainted with selected professional codes of conducts
Distribution & Weight & Assignment Type
• 2 parts– Part 1 : Academic paper & presentation– Part 2 : Case study & presentation
• Total of 60 marks (30 marks/section)• Contributing to 30% of overall marks• This is a group assignment. You are to work in
a group of at least five (5) and at most six (6) members.
Submission Style• Students are to complete and submit their work in a
form of a blog entry.• Each team is required to open a new blog account with
any blog hosting of your choice. • You are to upload your work through your blog on the
stipulated dates/time• For confidentiality and security reason, you may
password protect your blog (of course I will need to be allowed access to your blog, so invite me to your blog)
• Your very first entry should be an intro to your team member (pic will be helpful, thank you!)
Part 1 : The Task• You are to conduct a mini research to discuss the
importance of Ethics among the IT professionals.• The outcome of this research should be presented in a form
of an academic paper, of not less than 1500 words (not inclusive of the list of references) in length.
• You are also to select a presenter from your team to deliver a presentation on this paper.
• The presentation is to be recorded and uploaded in a video format as part of your blog entry.
• The url of the blog is to be sent to your lecturer by 5 PM week 5. The final updates of the blog for assignment Part 1 should be finalized by then too.
Part 1 : The Marking Scheme
Part 1 Marks (30)
Research & Referencing - Use of research to support
viewpoints discussed in the paper. References must come
from credible sources (no Wikipedia please!). Please also
use the Harvard Referencing system.
10
Overall understanding of the importance of ethics among IT
professionals.
10
A demonstration of good presentation skills and a good team
work, in completing this task.
10
Part 2 : The case study
Read & understand this case study
Part 2 : The task
Answer the above questions
Part 2 : The task
• Similar to Part 1, you are to produce your work as a blog entry with a video insert. It is up to your team’s creativity to plan and produce the work.
• The rule is that every team member must appear in the video to answer at least one question.
• The update of the blog is to be completed by 5 PM week 8.
Part 2 : The Marking Scheme
Part 2 Marks (30)
Demonstration of overall understanding of the
importance of ethics among IT professionals
and relevant and justifiable answers to the
questions
20
A demonstration of good presentation skills,
creativity and a good team work, in completing
this task.
10
Academic WritingCitations and References
Plagiarism and Referencing• What is plagiarism?
– the use of the ideas and/or words of others without due acknowledgement.
– copying material from the Internet, library books and the work of others without the use of quotation marks and/or acknowledgement of the source.
– summarising or paraphrasing another person's work by simply changing a few words without acknowledgement
– an assessment offence, and carries major penalties
Differences between References & Citations
CitationsAccording to Thomas and Watzman (2005), teenagers seem the most vulnerable to potential negative effects as they use the Internet for more hours than do adults.
ReferenceThomas, T.S & Watzman, A (2005) Computers and kids: Pulling the plug can protect the planet, Phi Delta Volume 84 Number 8. Retrieved May 10, 2003 from http://buddy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin
Avoiding Plagiarism – some samples of citations
Technology, though useful is never problem free. According to Teicher(1999), “no technology is fail-safe”. In addition, Emmans (2000) haspointed out that students must be made aware of the cyberresponsibilities as the solutions designed to address the problems canonly do so much as “no software and no policy can be foolproof”.
Reference List at the end of the document• Emmans, C. (2000). Internet Ethics. Technos: Quarterly for Education and
Technology. Volume 9, Number 1. Retrieved May 10, 2003 from http://buddy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/buddy/erc
• Teicher, J (1999) An Action Plan For Smart Internet Use. Educational Leadership. Volume 56 Number 5. Retrieved May 7, 2003 from http://buddy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/buddy/erc
This is your statement
The green texts are your citations – to support your statement
• Paraphrasing – Change text into your own words– Must also include citation e.g. …as stated by Kotler, 2000
According to Hoyer and MacInnis (2001), satisfied customers form the foundation of any successful business. They said that customer satisfaction is critical and it leads to repeat purchase, brand loyalty, and positive word of mouth.
Reference List at the end of the documentHoyer, W. D. & MacInnis, D. J., 2001, Consumer Behaviour. 2nd ed., Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company.
Avoiding Plagiarism - paraphrasing
Avoiding Plagiarism – copying word for word
• Copying word for word from a source– Only copy a small amount
“Today’s companies are finding it increasingly unrewarding to practice mass marketing or product-variety marketing. Mass markets are becoming ‘demassified’. They are dissolving into hundreds of micromarkets characterised by different buyers pursuing different products in different distribution channels and attending to different communication channels ”
(Kotler, 2000)
Reference List at the end of the documentKotler, P., 2000, Marketing Management. 10th ed., New Jersey, Prentice-Hall.
The majority of literatures viewed for this research agree that the Internet in particular is reputed to be one of the reasons for social and ethical problems among school’s students. (Affonso, 1999; Davies, 2001; Piercey, 2000).
On the other hand, Rahman (2002), brings up a valid point by stating that the blame for teenagers social and ethical misconducts should not be put on the technology alone, other factors like the family background and the children's upbringing should also be considered.
Avoiding Plagiarism & Demonstrating Critical Thinking
Avoiding Plagiarism & Demonstrating Critical Thinking
Reference List at the end of the document
Affonso, B (1999). Is the Internet Affecting the Social Skills of Our Children?Retrieved May 7, 2003 from http://www.sierrasource.com/cep612/internet.html
Davis, R. (1999). Is internet addiction real? Victoria Point Multimedia. Retrieved May 7, 2003 from http://www.victoriapoint.com/
Piercey, D. (2000) Students' psychological well-being and the Internet .WWWise Retrieved May 7, 2003 http://dtp.epsb.net/projects/wwwise2.htm
Rahman, A. S. (2002) Blaming the Internet Unjustly.Computimes Malaysia, Jan28, 2002. Retrieved May 7, 2003 from http://buddy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/buddy/erc
Final words• Keep a softcopy of your work – to be submitted
at the end of the semester for record keeping• Where to find samples of academic writing?• Blog naming convention
– Subjectcode-section-groupnumber– E.g. CISB412section2group11.blogspot.com
• Standard Email Subject
Questions?
