CLUSTER 5

Ethics and
Professionalism

BAHAGIAN KECEMERLANGAN AKADEMIK

JABATAN PENDIDIKAN TINGGI

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 Description
Ethics
Ethics is the study of morality —careful and systematic reflection on and analysis of
moral decisions and behaviour, whether past, present or future. Morality is the value
dimension of human decision-making and behaviour. The language of morality includes
nouns such as ‘rights’, ‘responsibilities’ and ‘virtues’ and adjectives such as ‘good’ and
‘bad’ (or ‘evil’), ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, ‘just’ and ‘unjust’. According to these definitions, ethics is
primarily a matter of knowing whereas morality is a matter of doing. Their close
relationship consists in the concern of ethics to provide rational criteria for people to decide
or behave in some ways rather than others.

Professionalism
The term professionalism is used to describe those skills, attitudes and behaviours
which we have come to expect from individuals during the practice of their profession
and includes concepts such as maintenance of competence, ethical behaviour, integrity,
honesty, altruism, service to others, adherence to professional codes, justice, respect for
others, self-regulation, etc.

Reference: Siang Chin Teoh Continuing Development in Ethics and Professionalism by Malaysian Medical Association (2007)
Descriptor
Ethics and Professionalism refer to
Demonstrating adherence, and ability
to identify ethical issues, make
decision ethically, and act ethically and
professionally within the varied social
and professional environment and
practice.
Demonstrating a deep familiarity and
knowledge of local and global issues
relating to science, technology,
business, social and environmental
issues.
Reference : MQF 2.0 – Appendix 2:
MQA Level 6 for Bachelor
Ethics refers to ways of feeling and state of conduct or
actions of an individual or a group of individuals in
living their life in a society. It also refers to ways or
methods of the individual or the group to practice
moral values in cultural, social and religious context
based on social norms.
Professionalism refers to attributes of an individual
such as his/her ability, skills and implementation
methods as expected to be within or to be performed
by a professional.
Ethics and professionalism refer to values and code
of practices that should be followed by a professional
in applying knowledge of his/her discipline and career.
Reference: Buku Rubric iCGPA
Ethics and Professionalism
Attributes Definition

Moral Personality, manners and politeness according to universal good and positive values that are generally
acceptable and considered good by the community.

Identity Characteristics of an individual’s origin such as customs, language, culture and religion which make up
the pillar and portrayal of his personality and bring out the spirit of patriotism and love for the nation-state.

Appearance Character, behaviour as well as tidiness and suitability of the attire based on situations in interacting with
other persons and in managing or performing a task.

Work Ethics System of moral rules or principles of behaviour, which are practiced in a workplace or a working
environment.

Integrity Level of honesty and being upright in keeping or defending his/her stand, principles and accountability in
carrying out a task.

Adapted from iCGPA Rubric: Learning Outcomes Assessment Guide

EXAMPLE OF COURSE ASSESSMENT PLAN:
Course: Ethical Hacking (3 credits)
No. Course Learning MQF LOC Delivery Method Assessment Specific Task and the Related Student
Outcome Method MQF LOD Attribute Learning Time
(CLO) (SLT)**

1 Demonstrate professional Cluster 5 Collaborative Project in Group Student require to write and 10 hours
practices in reporting and Learning; Case 5% present that address the data and
presenting the given task that Study ethical hacking methods and tools
related to data and ethical
hacking methods and tools
(A3.)

Notes:
This table represents one(1) of the CLOs of the entire course.
*The CLO addresses Level A3 (Valuing) according to Krathwol’s Taxonomy for Affective domain (Appendix H)
**The SLT considers both Face-to-Face (F2F) and non Face-to-Face (nonF2F) learning time, type of assessment and the related discipline.
KRATHWOHL’S TAXONOMY OF
AFFECTIVE LEARNING

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 EXAMPLE OF COURSE ASSESSMENT PLAN:
Course: Introduction to Early Childhood Education (3 credits)
No. Course Learning Outcome MQF Delivery Assessment Method Specific Task and the Related Student
(CLO) LOC Method MQF LOD Attribute Learning
Time (SLT)

1 Follow SOP and Cluster 5 Group Presentation of the SOP and Conduct a fieldwork / visit to a selected 20 hours
professional code of Discussion Code of Conduct during the visit preschool. Each group need to carry a
conduct in given task that Visit to Chosen to the kindergarten task in performing the SOP and
related to Early Childhood Kindergarten 10% professional code of conduct in a given
Education (A3). and conduct task.
interview with
students and
teachers

Notes:
This table represents one (1) of the CLOs of the entire course.
*The CLO addresses Level A3 (Valuing) according to Krathwohl’s Taxonomy for Affective domain (Appendix H).
**The SLT considers both Face-to-Face (F2F) and non Face-to-Face (nonF2F) learning time, type of assessment and the related discipline.
 EXAMPLE OF COURSE ASSESSMENT PLAN:
Course: Data Structure & Algorithms (3 credits)

No. Course Learning MQF Delivery Method Assessment Method Specific Task and the Related Student Learning
Outcomes LOC MQF LOD Attribute Time (SLT)
(CLOs)

1 Demonstrate presentable
character, as well as tidiness
and suitability of the attire in
performing a presentation of
task (A3).
Cluster 5 Series of Lab Exercise Presentation Students are given a specific 10 hours
based on a given 5% problem solving task and need to
problem solving tasks write a programming code to provide
the solution of the task. The
programming code must apply the
several data structure and selected
algorithms. Students need to present
the solution to the lecturer.

Notes:
This table represents one (1) of the CLOs of the entire course.
*The CLO addresses Level A3 (Valuing) according to Krathwohl’s Taxonomy for Affective domain (Appendix H).
**The SLT considers both Face-to-Face (F2F) and non Face-to-Face (nonF2F) learning time, type of assessment and the related discipline.
Thank You

BAHAGIAN KECEMERLANGAN AKADEMIK

JABATAN PENDIDIKAN TINGGI

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