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BN201 - Essential Characteristic of a Professional Code of Ethics Case Study

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Melbourne Institute of Technology

   

Professional Issues of IT (BN201)

   

Added on  2020-02-24

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The below - document discusses the Professional Issues of IT. The various questions which have been discussed in this assignment are "Given that the company paid for usability testing and that the employees have agreed to work for the company based on the terms and conditions specified in their contract, however, are they free to make their own choice to leave the usability test" and "Discuss your answer with respect to your ACS values-Enhancement of Quality of Life of those affected by your work and Professionalism".

BN201 - Essential Characteristic of a Professional Code of Ethics Case Study

   

Melbourne Institute of Technology

   

Professional Issues of IT (BN201)

   Added on 2020-02-24

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Question 1One essential characteristic of a professional code of ethics body is that members should stand for by aparticular code of ethics. In case of ACS, members are required to demonstrate honesty, competence,prioritize public interest, personal development, enhance the quality of life and maintain professionalism[ CITATION Aus14 \l 1033 ]. Failure to abide by the code of ethics could result do disciplinary actionsand can be used as grounds for a claim of professional neglect. In this case, it can be argued that theemployees are not free to make their choice and decide whether or not to sign the consent form. This canbe because, employees have already signed an employee contract that probably requires them to abide byall company rules that could include participating in a usability testing[ CITATION Bur17 \l 1033 ]. Theemployees are therefore not free to make a choice and would be required to accept the usability testingeven when they many not want to participate. Also, the ACS code of ethics states that a professional shouldact with competency, agreeing to sign the consent form means that they are action in a professionalmanner in order to fulfill their duty. On the other hand, the employee contract may not have included suchundertakings which in this case leaves the employee to decide whether or not to participate in the usabilitytesting. Professionalism will require the employees to participate in the testing since they are required torespect both their employee and fellow employees( the development team) so they are not free to make achoice of leaving out the test. In the work, employees are also required to enhance the quality of life ofanyone affected by their work. Employee choice of not participating in the testing has a direct effect on theperformance of the development team since they may fail to get the right feedback. The company hasalready paid for the testing, professionalism commands that employees should not waste companyresources. Because of this, they are therefore not free to make their choice of whether to participate in testor not. Question 2Persuasioninvolves the process of inspiring somebody, through the use of communication, to alter aspecific attitude, belief or behavior [ CITATION Adl16 \l 1033 ].The speaker attempt to win thelanguage through the use of linguistic devices. He uses persuasive language including emotive lexicalchoice, repetition and phonetic features. The speakers tells the audience of his intents to make equal thechances for all Australians, irrespective of their origin. The speaker combines these amongst other basics toform a consistent, official speech.
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The speaker uses repetition to allow him to incessantly reestablish his argument and to unfailingly remindthe listeners of the issues he is attending to [ CITATION Pai13 \l 1033 ]. This is seen in the apologies hemakes. For instance, the speaker apologizes for the laws made by parliaments and the government thathave inflicted pain, loss and suffering to Australians. He apologizes for the removal of the indigenousfamilies hurt and suffering. The repetition ‘we apologize for’ establishes the fact that he wants his messageconveyed successfully. The speaker also uses emotive language and puts the listeners under the impressionn that he understands the pain and the hardship of the stolen generation. This makes the audience connectwith the speech and truly feel, and receive the apology. This is used in combination with repetition to applythe features and allow fluency throughout the speech. Creating emotions in the speech also clearly showsthat the speaker wants his message to be really understood by his audience. He uses lexical choice which isseen in ‘The pain, suffering and hurt of these stolen generations.’ His accurate use of adjectives also createsan emotive feel and further influences the audience to receive his message which is aimed at making up forall the harms against the stolen generations by the government. The speaker also in addition uses phoneticfeatures such as emphatic stress when he is talking about the future of Australians[ CITATION Pai13 \l1033 ]. He uses the word ‘All’ to include every Australians even the once discriminated against. All thesehave been coined together to convey the apology message to the listeners. Question 3Procrastinate happens when you put off things that you should be focusing on right now [ CITATIONMin17 \l 1033 ]. Usually people procrastinate because they want to do something in consideredpleasurable or enjoyable in favor the work they are supposed to be focusing on. Procrastination can alsobe termed as the evasion of undertaking a task that required to be accomplished [ CITATION Cam17 \l1033 ]. Personally I procrastinate a lot when I think a task at hand is more than I can handle. My job sometimesrequires me to attempt task that are completely new and not necessarily my normal routine. If suchassignments have longer deadlines, I find myself attending to them when the deadline is fast approaching. Ialways manage completing the tasks, but I have noticed that I usually rush through them. This limits theexposure I could get if I do them within the right time frames. Question 4DescriptionWeek 1-3 Learning
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