CC5052 Professional Issues Ethics and Computer Law

The coursework for this module is to write an essay on the following topic: As a graduate going into the IT industry, you will be working with sensitive client data in which ever role you think appropriate.

What ethical approach will you need to take to ensure that you work professionally, legally and ethically and how will you deal with ethical dilemmas?

You may choose which ever profession you wish, as long as it is in the IT sector in the UK. Please remember the following:

• Your work must be your own work. If your work is found to be authored by another person, it will be investigated!
• Reference your work according to the Harvard Referencing style.
• Your work will be submitted via Turnitin on submission.
• Word Count For The Report Is No More Than 2000 Words. References are not part of the word count.
• You Are Expected To Follow The Report Structure Strictly Any Deviation From The Report Structure Will Mean You Will Not Be Marked For Work Done Outside Of That.
• If you miss out any section you will lose marks.

The introduction must provide a brief overview of the essay, introducing the issue profession and the key issues you need to address.

The issues here would be how you deal with issues such as confidentiality, integrity, privacy, what happens if you see something illegal? You will be expected in this section to have done some research into these issues, some references from books and journals will be expected.

Analysis

Specify and analyse any eth ical issues involved in this scenario, namely, the ones you have identified and discussed in the previous section. Use the framework of positive and negativerights and other concepts in ethics where appropriate. You will be expected in this section tohave done some research into these issues, some references from books and journals will be expected.

Reflection and Challenges

Write a long paragraph on how working professionally and ethically with sensitive data will Due date: 5 st May 2021, 3pm, via Turnitin on weblearn challenge you when you go into the workplace. What will be the biggest challenge and how will you deal with it?

Draw conclusions from the analysis of the issues you have explored in your essay.

Provide a list of references, this may include books, journals, web sources or other.