IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional
Unit 1 Discussion
DQ1 The Need for Ethics: The Moral Cyberspace Landscape
After reading the study assignments for this unit, give your initial reaction and thoughts to the study of ethics as it pertains to the field of information technology. In your response, include the following points:
Describe the unique ethical problems you see in IT and the reasons why you are studying computer ethics (also known as cyberethics).
Discuss current issues in IT that are relevant to IT professionals today.
Share your initial thoughts on how ethics must be related to IT and the Information Age.
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, and 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 Ethical Theories and Cybertechnology
For this discussion:
Reflect on the readings for this unit. Consider the issue of hacking, and network and security vulnerabilities, within a company you are employed (either currently or in the future).
Describe how religion, law, and philosophy may each provide different grounds for justifying a moral principle for this issue.
How would you propose a new policy with your employer to alleviate this issue?
What key issues would you include in your justification?
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.
DQ3 The Secrets and Truths About IT Ethics
Review Harbert's 2007 article, "Ethics in IT: Dark Secrets, Ugly Truths—and Little Guidance," which you were assigned in this unit. This article looks at ethics in IT and the policies that govern them. It considers several questions governing IT ethics. After reviewing the article, reflect on the following:
What are your thoughts about the article?
What really caught your attention?
What type of concerns or issues did you gather from the article that may be common in other organizations?
Do you believe some of the issues that were mentioned in the article happen in an organization where you are or have been employed? Explain.
Describe why it is important for businesses and organizations to provide employees with clear guidelines regarding IT and computer usage.
What other comments, concerns, or thoughts do you have about this article or about IT ethics in general?
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.
