Professional and Ethical Issues in IT

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Professional Issues and Ethical issues in IT
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Part A...............................................................................................................................................2
Part B...............................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
The Professional issues in Information Technology is the unit which deals with social,
legal, financial, industrial and ethical issues faced by ICT Professionals. The ICT professionals
are Information and Communication Technology professionals who regularly deal with the
professional issues associated with IT systems in an Organization (Ruivo, Santos and Oliveira
2014). The report shows reflective journal assessment which provides learning outcomes for this
unit through ICT professional’s analysis. The purpose of this report is to provide reflection for
what I have learned from the unit of Professional issues in Information Technology. The report
focuses on change of perspectives of interpersonal issues and IT-related issues in terms of ICT
professionals.
The outline of this report is to answer the question related to interpersonal issues and
analysis of IT-related issues of Professional issues in Information Technology degree. The report
includes question from Part A and analysis of Part B.
Part A
The goal for adopting for Professional issues in Information Technology degree was due
to growing career prospective of ICT professionals in current scenario. I was interested in
Information Technology career from early days due to fascination towards computer world.
Information Technology is the base for any Organization and it is growing rapidly due to its
potential. Nowadays every organization wants employees that have required knowledge for
Information Technology and especially in the area of professional and ethical issues. The
consideration for choosing Professional Issues in Information Technology helped me to explore

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and get deep understanding and knowledge on Information Technology. This consideration will
help me in my future career as an ICT professional in an organization (Al-Saggaf, Burmeister
and Schwartz 2017). My enrollment into Professional issues in Information Technology degree
visualizes my goals and motivation due to interest in Information Technology. The Information
Technology has various courses which focus on different areas. However Professional Issues in
Information Technology is one course which helps to understand issues in Information
Technology. My goal was to go in the field which requires more realistic and creativity in the
field of Information Technology. This creativity can be achieved only through Professional
Issues in Information Technology degree. Therefore, Professional Issues in Information
Technology degree perfectly fit into my overall goal of becoming an ICT professional. The
choice for opting Professional Issues in Information Technology degree was the right decision
for me. The degree helped me to get deep understanding and knowledge of issues that exist in
Information Systems. The unit also helped me to focus on unknown future risks that can happen
in Information System. These understanding and knowledge proved my decision right and
helped me to apply this knowledge in my future (Avgerou and Walsham 2017). This degree
helped me to change my plans and aspiration in a better and improved way. This degree helped
me to get an understanding and knowledge on ethics of Information Technology that ICT
professionals should follow. I got to learn and develop technical aspects and interpersonal skill to
be applied in real world.
The kinds of behaviors that might be important for an ICT professional to show while
working in a group or team are given this section. The group or team includes people from
different backgrounds consisting of different genders, castes, skills and religion. The positive
behavior in workplace contributes to better and improved working environment where all