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BIT303 Assignment 1 With Marking Criteria - Feb 2019 Semester
BIT303 Assignment 1 With Marking Criteria - Feb 2019 Semester
BIT303 Assignment 1 With Marking Criteria - Feb 2019 Semester
Value: 25%
Assessment Individual
Mode:
This assignment provides an opportunity for the students to demonstrate their knowledge and to:
CLO3 : Analyze how the use of ICT have raised old moral problems in new ways
CLO4 : Explain the various concepts and applications of professional ethics in the ICT environment
demonstrate ability to integrate and apply information from various topics and to apply
understanding and knowledge to a practical situation.
Instructions
Software developers, businesses and individuals must think about the rights and wrongs of using
information technology every day. The fundamental issues underlying the world of information
technology are the end user's expectation of privacy and the provider's ethical duty to use applications
or email responsibly.
This assignment will let you explores ethical issues related to the field of emerging ICTs. Based on a
foresight study of ICT which led to the identification of some current and future emerging
technologies as listed below:
i) Blockchain
ii) Deep learning (DL) or Machine Learning (ML)
iii) Internet of Things (IoT)
iv) Ambient Intelligence (Aml)
v) 5G Network Technology
vi) Bioelectronics
vii) Business Intelligence
Your Task
Choose ONE emerging technology listed above and identify the ethical issue arising from the use of
that technology that has been reported in the press recently (must be from year January 2018
onwards), and discuss it in depth.
Produce an essay discussing why or how the technology creates or contributes to the problem with the
use of real world examples and also both sides of the issue (good and bad). Your discussion should
also include technical and non-technical aspects. The justification for the ethical implications should
be in terms of philosophical literature, law and professional ethics. In addition, argue for your own
view of the matter, giving your reasons for your point of view and showing why you believe that they
are better than opposing views.
The text book has an obvious United States of America bias. You can choose to provide a comparative
discussion that includes how cultural differences impact on the US-centric view of ethical behaviour in
the context of the instructions above. You should clearly identify the differences and the country to
which those differences relate.
You will be assessed on your ability to reason, analyse and present cogent argument for a particular
case. You should outline the main statement you wish to make about your chosen ethical issue along
with your reasons and others’ objections to it. You must use philosophical, professional and legal
justifications to further justify your arguments. You may use any techniques to set out the basic
structure of your essay.
You are required to submit the following:
A comprehensive and coherent essay containing your critical analysis of an ethical issue in IT.
Assessment criteria
Overall Presentation 5
- title, subheadings, 1½ spacing, page no, paragraphs ,grammar and spelling
- standardization (font size & style) & word count
Additional requirements :
Others (-3)
- Turn-it-in Report (less than 20%)
- Appendix – the original article used for the discussion
No proper evidence or insufficient referencing
- use of APA style (incorrect) (- 5)
- in-text citation and referencing (web sites, journals, magazines & etc)
(incorrect)
LATE SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENT - 5% from the total raw marks ( )