Importance of Ethics and Professionalism in the Computing Industry

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

1. Discuss ethics and professionalism and its importance in a professional organisation.

2. Identify ethical issues in computing and address these issues.

3. Critically evaluate and develop the professional competencies to pursue a career in the computing industry.

4. Evaluate professionalism and expectations of a professional in the computing industry.

6. Identify professional bodies and institutions both globally and in New Zealand.

7. Investigate and discuss the code of conduct prescribed by the New Zealand Computer Societyand the government legislation applicable in the computing and IT industry in New Zealand.

Task 01 [LO: 1, 6 & 7]

All organizations that work with computers have to create systems and codes of conduct that ensure, as much as possible, that business activities are undertaken ethically. This assessment asks you to research and identify the processes employed in ensuring that those working in the computing community operate and do business ethically.i) Identify three professional bodies and institutions worldwide in the ICT industry, and provide a brief profile of each.

ii) Select a New Zealand based company of your choice operating in the ICT industry. Identify the organizational structures and systems in place in the selected organization to
ensure that the ethical and legal issues are addressed, with respect to ITP Code of Conduct and the New Zealand Government legislations, in the following areas:

Property
Privacy
Anonymity
Liability
Security
Regulation (organizational and legislative)

Access and equity

Task 02

i) Select any two professional roles from those listed below:

ICT consultant
Computer Programmer
Network Administrator
IT Help Desk Personnel
For each selected role:

ii) Critically evaluate and develop the professional competencies required to pursue each career.

iii) Evaluate both ethical and unethical behaviors of each selected role, as per the expectations of each profession.

Task 03

Scenario

Cloud computing system is a fundamental part of data storage. With the onset of ‘private clouds’, a code of practice is now overdue. The following extract, from Business Insider,
refers to the development of Cloud Computing.Here's Why Cloud Computing Is So Hot Right Now some cases, companies even use it to describe products they've sold for years. Oracle's Larry Ellison tried to resist -- a couple of years ago, he famously called the hype about cloud computing ‘complete gibberish’ -- but now even Oracle has gotten on board.
So what is cloud computing and why are businesses embracing it?

What Is The Cloud?

At its simplest, cloud computing means that users are connecting to applications that run on a set of shared or pooled servers, rather than running on a single dedicated server.This is a subtle but important change from the client-server computing that has dominated IT for the past 20 years, where each application was "assigned" to a particular piece of hardware in a data center. If that hardware was down, the user either had to connect to a backup (which had to be standing by and ready) or would suffer an interruption in service. In the earliest instances, these shared resources were physically located away from the company's premises, and users would connect to them over the public Internet. For instance, a user would connect to Salesforce.com or Rackspace to run business management apps or email, or a developer would tap into Amazon's Web servers for storage and computing power.So the "cloud" in cloud computing was the Internet, which is often represented with a physical cloud on software design and networking charts.

But in the last two or three years, vendors like Microsoft and IBM have been pushing the idea of "private clouds." These are sets of servers run by large companies or government agencies for the exclusive use of their employees, who usually connect to them over a private area network.”

Task

1. Identify and address 4 ethical issues affecting an organization that wants to implement Cloud Computing solutions for its clients. referring to the following sections:

? Introduction and preamble
? Tenets
? Guidelines
? Breaches of code