Professional Skills for Information and Communication Technology

Running Head: PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR ICT
Professional Skills for Information and Communication Technology
Name of the Student
Name of the University

1PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR ICT
Portfolio 3: Responding to an Ethical Scenario
Considering the situation presented in the case, my preferred action will be to report to
the lecturer but I will try to keep it anonymous or discuss the situation personally with the
lecturer when other class mates are not around (Dzombak, 2017). As per the given dilemma,
there may be a situation that some of the wrongdoers are my friends and I will not like to lose
them by reporting against them. However, the problem presented is not a simple or avoidable
one as it may risk the future careers of other students studying in the university. Ghost writing is
not only a massive form of academic misconduct as some students are buying their assignments
to receive good grades whereas other students who are working hard to get good grades are
actually getting lesser grades (Leicester, 2016). Hence, instead of hard work, cheating is
rewarded and they are getting better jobs in their career without even receiving proper education
or enhancing technical skills and knowledge.
The situation is further analyzed using the ACS Code of Ethics as follows.
Primacy of Public Interest – In this case, the term can be recoined as primacy of student
interest. Due to the cheating of some of the students, the interests of other students who are
hardworking are harmed.
Enhancement of Quality of Life – In this case, the future qualities of life of some of the
students are enhanced by getting good jobs even after cheating in the academic course whereas
the really deserved students may not find jobs as per expectations (Warren & Burmeister, 2017).
As a result, their qualities of life are not enhanced.