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BN201 - ICT Developments and Ethical, Social, and Legal Issues

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Melbourne Institute of Technology

   

Professional Issues of IT (BN201)

   

Added on  2020-03-02

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This assignment will identify potential ethical, social, and legal issues resulting from ICT development. This assignment will explain ICT solutions so that ethical standards are achieved and maintained and society benefits. The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis and academic writing of high standard.

BN201 - ICT Developments and Ethical, Social, and Legal Issues

   

Melbourne Institute of Technology

   

Professional Issues of IT (BN201)

   Added on 2020-03-02

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Running head: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ICT1ICT Developments and Ethical, Social, and Legal IssuesNameUniversity
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Running head: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ICT2Question 1ACS Codes of professional practice are principles for setting guidelines for acceptablemethods of practice within information technology industry. In the ICT all software developmenthas to be carried out following established codes of conduct. Given that the company paid for theusability testing and that employees are bound by the terms of the contract signed, they are freeto leave the usability test. According to the codes of practice enhancement of quality of life,development of ICT has some negative impacts that an ethical approach to the work can helpmitigate these effects. In accordance with these values, the entity needs to protect and promote the health ofthose affected by their work. If in the course of the usability test the health and safety of thoseinvolved are put at risk they are free to leave it. The entity is required to understand and give dueregard to those who are affected by their work by increasing the feeling of personal satisfactionand controlling those affected. In a case where these values aren’t taken into consideration, theteam members can leave the usability test (Bowern & Weckert, 2006).Moreover, the interest of the public should come before those of the business hence anyconflict should be resolved in favor of the public interest. The business is required to enhance thequality of lives of those affected by their operations. The internal team doing the system testingneeds to be made aware of any conflict of interest that the business may be faced with andadvised accordingly. (Barry and Sachdeva, 2004)
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Running head: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN ICT3Question 2The linguistic devices that the prime minister uses in his speech are as discussed in thefollowing paragraphs. First, repetition. Repetition consists of phrases, words that have beenrepeated to add emphasis or power to the subject matter. A carefully planned and executedrepetition increases the effectiveness of a message. The use of repeated phrases in a speechcreates a greater familiarity with the message resulting in gradual agreement. The speaker usesfrequent repetition of emotionally charged phrases such as we are sorry to the affected personsand when urging the Australians to focus on the future. This allows him to reinstate hiscontention to remind the audience of the urgent issues to which he is attending to (Miller, 2006).Parallel sentence structure refer to those sentences are similar in structure. This similaritymakes it easier for listeners to concentrate on the message being passed across. The speaker usesthis device for instructions when he asks Australians to embrace a future where all are equalpartners with equal opportunities (Bamberg, 2007).Anaphora is another device that was used by the prime minister in his speech. It is atechnique of emphasizing words by repeating them at the beginning of adjacent clauses. Thespeaker used "we are sorry" which was repeated at the end of each sentence. He also usedanaphora when concluding his speech. He repeats the phrase "future” (Hinrichs, 2006)Lastly, emotive language has been used which may make the listeners have an impressionthat he is aware of the sufferings of the stolen generation. This is manifested when he apologizesfor the pain and sufferings of the stolen generation. This language may convince the audience ofhis intentions to make up for the mistakes done by the past government. (Drew & Holt, 2008)
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