What I have learned from this course

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7101ICT
Trimester n, 201n
Professional Issues Assignment: Part 2

Professional Issues Assignment What I have learned from this course
<For the postgrad version of this course, your assignment should be 4,500 words
including the 1,500 word reflection on course(plus or minus 10%) – word count is
calculated as everything from the Introduction to the Conclusion – it doesn’t include
the Table of Contents, or References – delete this advice before submitting>
Due Date: time, dd/mm/yy
Lecturer: David Tuffley
Campus (NA, LG, GC):
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Professional Issues Assignment What I have learned from this course
Contents
1. Introduction 2
2. Analysis 3
2.1. Legal factors.........................................................................................3
2.2. Professional factors...............................................................................3
2.3. Employment and Social factors............................................................3
2.4. Personal factors.....................................................................................3
2.5. Intrinsic factors.....................................................................................4
2.6. Prioritisation..........................................................................................5
2.7. Decision................................................................................................5
3. Discussion 7
4. Conclusions on Analysis 7
5. What I have learned from this course 7
5.1. Technology Ethics................................................................................7
5.2. The Ethical Technologist......................................................................8
5.3. Habits of the Effective Technologist....................................................8
5.4. ACS Code of Professional Conduct......................................................8
5.5. Ethical Issues of the Information Age..................................................8
5.6. Thinking Machines...............................................................................8
5.7. The Common Denominator..................................................................8
5.8. AI and Human Potential.......................................................................9
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5.9. Final Comments (optional)...................................................................9
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finished – right click mouse over the ToC, then select
‘Update Field’ then ‘Update entire table’>
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Professional Issues Assignment What I have learned from this course
1. Introduction
In the initial part of the report, the legal, professional,
employment and social, personal and intrinsic factors related to
the case study have been highlighted. Thereafter, the decision of
the researcher in context to specific instances has been
provided. This section also incorporates a priority list of the
factors and the justification of the prioritisation has also been
reflected. Based on these findings, the next section conducts a
detailed discussion followed by an overall conclusion. In the
last part, the learning outcomes on this course have been
evaluated by emphasising on specific questions.
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Professional Issues Assignment What I have learned from this course
2. Analysis
<create a list, based on the case study, assigning events and
facts to the various categories below>
<this section might contain up to a thousand words>
2.1. Legal factors
The first legal factor came into play when Sophie was formally hired and the contract
of engagement was formed including the terms of payment based upon mutual
agreement. In this context, the non-disclosure agreement which Sophie had to sign
can also be mentioned. According to the terms of the agreement she was bound not to
disclose any information regarding the reaper software to any third party without
written authorisation from Firestone. The legal tender of the project was to be three
months and if it needed for the extension it would be based upon mutual agreement.
Another major legal issue regarding the reaper software that Sophie was developing
for Firestone is concern regarding informed consent. This implies that Firestone
needed to comply with three elements of Consent, namely full disclosure of the nature
of participant’s involvement, adequate comprehension on the part of the participants
and their voluntary choice to participate. Firstly, full disclosure did not happen in this
case because the participants did not know that their personal information is used for
being sold to clients so that we can approach them with offers regarding products and
services. Secondly it is not certain if the proportion of benefit from the storage of data
from the end of Firestone is equal to the benefits that the customers is getting by
giving their data into the hands of Firestone. Lastly until the participants are knowing
about the full utility of their personal data, it cannot be commented that they will be
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