Capella IT3165 Unit 3 Discussion (dq1+dq2) Latest 2019 December

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 3 Discussion

DQ1 Legal and Moral Issues in IT: Patriot or Traitor?

Consider the situation of Edward Snowden that you read about in the article by James Bamford, "The Most Wanted Man in the World."

Describe your opinion on this issue.

Do you feel that Edward Snowden is a whistle-blower and a patriot or is he a traitor?

How do you feel about his current situation of living in Russia and not returning to the United States?

Do you believe he should be imprisoned or honored?

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 Web Technologies: Free Speech Versus Censorship

In Chapter 9 of Tavani's text, we studied the issue of free speech versus censorship. For this discussion, respond to the following:

How do you feel this issue fits in with the "world" wide Web?

Should free speech be considered when it comes to postings that are filled with hate speech?

What happens when hate speech is directed at a certain race, ethnic group, or religion?

What about sexting and pornography? Should these activities be filtered in some way or should censorship be totally abandoned to the issue of free speech?

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.