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Level 6 Diploma in Information Technology

Ethical Challenges in IT Organisations

IT605 · Computers, Society and Law — Week 2 of 16

CourseIT605
Week2 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Ethical Challenges in IT Organisations

  1. Employee surveillance and privacy boundaries
  2. Algorithmic bias in automated decision systems
  3. Whistleblowing mechanisms
  4. Designing remediations for workplace ethical issues
  5. The Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE
  6. Whistleblowing in Employment Law (UK): Risks, Rights & Employer Responsibilities
  7. TU Delft – Privacy considerations
  8. TU Delft – Security and privacy interventions

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Critically evaluate various ethical issues for IT professionals.
  • 1.3 Identify ethical issue(s) within an IT organisation and recommend solutions.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically evaluate various ethical issues for IT professionals.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE · YouTube · Gresham College · 51 min · for registered students
  • Whistleblowing in Employment Law (UK): Risks, Rights & Employer Responsibilities · YouTube · Thomson Snell & Passmore · 10 min · for registered students
  • TU Delft – Privacy considerations · YouTube · TU Delft · 8 min · for registered students
  • TU Delft – Security and privacy interventions · YouTube · TU Delft · 8 min · for registered students
  • Algorithmic Decision-Making: Challenges for Leaders · YouTube · The Open University Business School · 29 min · for registered students
  • Are you the Customer or the Product? - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE · YouTube · Gresham College · 46 min · for registered students
  • Addressing Algorithmic Bias • Muniba Talha • GOTO 2022 · YouTube · GOTO Conferences · 43 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Business Ethics, 6.4: Privacy in the Workplace · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 168–178 · for registered students
  • Foundations of Information Systems, 12.3: Ethics of AI · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 460–464 · for registered students
  • Information Systems for Business and Beyond (2019), ch. 12: The Ethical and Legal Implications of Information Systems · PDF · Other, textbook chapter · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Professional Ethics and Conflicts of Interest
  • Week 2: Ethical Challenges in IT Organisations
  • Week 3: Data Protection and Privacy Legislation
  • Week 4: Intellectual Property and Commercial IT Law
  • Week 5: Taxonomy and Categories of Cybercrime
  • Week 6: Evaluation and Impact of Global Cybercrime
  • Week 7: IT Risk Assessment Methodologies
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Risk Governance with BS ISO 31000:2009
  • Week 10: Aligning Information Security with Business Strategy
  • Week 11: IT Security Policy Design and Implementation
  • Week 12: Applying Computers, Society and Law in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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