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3410ICT Social and Professional Issues

   

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Student Name Student No.3410ICTTrimester n, 201nProfessional Issues Assignment: Part 2Due Date: time, dd/mm/yyLecturer: David TuffleyCampus (NA, LG, GC):
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Professional Issues AssignmentIntroductionContents1.Introduction22.Analysis32.1.Legal factors...............................................................................32.2.Professional factors....................................................................32.3.Employment and Social factors..................................................42.4.Personal factors..........................................................................52.5.Intrinsic factors............................................................................52.6.Prioritisation................................................................................62.7.Decision......................................................................................73.Discussion94.Conclusions on Analysis91.What I have learned from this course101.1.Technology Ethics....................................................................101.2.The Ethical Technologist..........................................................111.3.Habits of the Effective Technologist.........................................111.4.ACS Code of Professional Conduct.........................................111.5.Ethical Issues of the Information Age.......................................111.6.Thinking Machines....................................................................111.7.The Common Denominator......................................................121.8.AI and Human Potential............................................................12References:13(Student Name, Course, Semester, Year)0Page
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Professional Issues AssignmentIntroduction1.IntroductionThis report is based on the case study on the carrier path of Bridget Donovan. In the career path of the concerned person, there are some ethical issues faced as mentioned in the case study. In this report, the ethical decision model has been used for describing the ethical issues faced by Donovan. In the childhood, Donovan faced some tragic family issues. She got her firstjob in an insurance company while studying to complete the IT degree in university. After that she was promoted to middle management and workedfor ten years. Then she was moved into a government sector.In her career, Donovan faced several ethical issues, which have been analysed in this report. The report is about the fact finding behind the issues and suggesting some actions for resolving those issues in some acceptable manner. The people associated with the ethical dilemmas are employees of the organizations, vendors, customers and public. (Student Name, Course, Semester, Year)0Page
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Professional Issues AssignmentIntroduction2.Analysis 2.1.Legal factors 2.1.1 Fraudulent of recordsAnother department of the organization was providing false invoices to the customers. Donovan was working as a government employee and this type of activities were very embarrassing and against the law. 2.1.2 Vulnerability of databaseAs per the information given by Jason, there were some vulnerabilities in the database of another department of the organization. This activity was a breach of the Privacy Act 1988.2.1.3 Constructive DismissalThe insurance company forced Bridget to resign from her position. There was no chance of providing any fact about her juvenile offence. In this case, the Fair Work Act 2009 was violated. 2.1.4 Spent ConvictionBridget was accused for the dishonesty in her working contract. However, as per the Australian law, she has no conviction. The law says if someone convicted as a child then there is no requirement of presenting criminal record. 2.2.Professional factors 2.2.1 Issues in public interestBridget was aware about the fact that the other departments are doing some discrepancies with the public data. Being aware the facts, she didnot inform any one regarding this. According to ACS code of professional ethics public interest should be taken into consideration while doing some IT profession. If some works has potential impacts over the public then it must be avoided. 2.2.2 Wrong behaviourThe sales representative of the organizations tried to develop a personal relationship with Bridget to get some favours for the contract regarding the ERP system for the organization. This was an unethical behaviour for the sales representative. 2.2.3 Responsibility of disclosure(Student Name, Course, Semester, Year)0Page
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