Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines

Unit Code MN501

Unit Title Network Management in Organisations

Term, Year Trimester 5, 2023

Assessment Type Formative Assignment 1

Assessment Title Ethical issues arising from use of ICT technologies

Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis and academic writing of high standard. In this assignment students will:

Identify potential ethical and social issues related to IT administration ethics.

Discuss ethical and social issues pertaining to IT systems-administration.

Students must be able to generate ideas at abstract levels and support their arguments with strong reasoning. Students must strengthen critical thinking skills by answering the assignment.

Weight 10%

Total Marks 10

Word limit 500 - 600

Due Date Week-3, Sunday 24 Sept. 11.55 PM.

Submission Guidelines All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.

The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.

Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using APA or IEEE referencing style.

Extension If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly on AMS. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at:

http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdefermentAcademic Misconduct

Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at:http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure.For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.

Assignment Description

The proliferation of cyber technologies has given rise to privacy and security issues that have ethical implications. This assignment requires you to investigate and reflect upon the following scenario by referring to Ethical Guidelines published by organisations such as: Engineers Australia (EA) and ACS.

Case Scenario

Surveillance technology has progressed to the point that it is possible to identify individuals walking on city streets from satellites in orbit. Telephone, fax, and email communications can routinely be monitored. Personal information files are maintained on citizens from cradle to grave. There is nowhere to run nowhere to hide. Personal privacy is dead. [Source: Kizza J.M. History of Computing. In: Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age, 2010, Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London]

Marking criteria:

You must use the following aspects as headings for your assignment.

Aspects Description of the section Marks

Introduction Introduce the case and ethical issues in 4-6 sentences 1

Identification Identify at least 2 important ethical issues 1

Analyse Analyse the above identified issues in terms of their impact on business and society 3

Evaluate and justify Evaluate the issues and write justification of your evaluation 3

Conclusion Write a clear conclusion in 2-3 sentences 1

Reference style Follow APA or IEEE reference style consistently 1

Total 10

Marking Rubric:

Grade

Mark HD

80-100% DI

70-79% CR

60-69% P

50-59% Fail

<50%

Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory

Introduction

All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic.

Identification

Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately

Analyse

Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed

Evaluate and justify

Excellent use of creditable sources. Accurate referencing. Outstanding effort. Extremely good effort Good effort made but not outstanding Made some effort. For example, Web searches only Very little attempt to reference. Lazy effort with inaccuracies

Conclusion

Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed

Reference style

Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors