Capella IT3165 Unit 2 Discussion (dq1+dq2)

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 1 Discussion

DQ1 The Need for Ethics: The Moral Cyberspace Landscape

After reading the study assignments for this unit, give your initial reaction and thoughts to the study of ethics as it pertains to the field of information technology. In your response, include the following points:

Describe the unique ethical problems you see in IT and the reasons why you are studying computer ethics (also known as cyberethics).

Discuss current issues in IT that are relevant to IT professionals today.

Share your initial thoughts on how ethics must be related to IT and the Information Age.

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, and be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ2 Ethical Theories and Cybertechnology

For this discussion:

Reflect on the readings for this unit. Consider the issue of hacking, and network and security vulnerabilities, within a company you are employed (either currently or in the future).

Describe how religion, law, and philosophy may each provide different grounds for justifying a moral principle for this issue.

How would you propose a new policy with your employer to alleviate this issue?

What key issues would you include in your justification?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ3 The Secrets and Truths About IT Ethics

Review Harbert’s 2007 article, “Ethics in IT: Dark Secrets, Ugly Truths—and Little Guidance,” which you were assigned in this unit. This article looks at ethics in IT and the policies that govern them. It considers several questions governing IT ethics. After reviewing the article, reflect on the following:

What are your thoughts about the article?

What really caught your attention?

What type of concerns or issues did you gather from the article that may be common in other organizations?

Do you believe some of the issues that were mentioned in the article happen in an organization where you are or have been employed? Explain.

Describe why it is important for businesses and organizations to provide employees with clear guidelines regarding IT and computer usage.

What other comments, concerns, or thoughts do you have about this article or about IT ethics in general?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 2 Discussion

DQ1 Biometric Technologies and Privacy

For this discussion:

Discuss arguments for and against the use of biometric technologies for security, especially in airports and large stadiums.

Should biometric technologies, such as face recognition programs and iris scanners, be used in public places to catch criminals?

How can biometric technologies impact privacy issues in our society today?

Discuss your support or nonsupport for biometric technologies.

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ2 Developing a Personal Code of Ethics

One of the most important things that a person can do is to develop a personal code of ethics. After reading “Personal Code of Ethics,” reflect on, and respond to, the following prompts:

What do you feel is important to include in a personal code of ethics?

What would you include in your personal code of ethics?

What would you include in your personal code of ethics that includes potential IT issues that you may be confronted with as an IT professional?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 3 Discussion

DQ1 Legal and Moral Issues in IT: Patriot or Traitor?

Consider the situation of Edward Snowden that you read about in the article by James Bamford, “The Most Wanted Man in the World.”

Describe your opinion on this issue.

Do you feel that Edward Snowden is a whistle-blower and a patriot or is he a traitor?

How do you feel about his current situation of living in Russia and not returning to the United States?

Do you believe he should be imprisoned or honored?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ2 Web Technologies: Free Speech Versus Censorship

In Chapter 9 of Tavani’s text, we studied the issue of free speech versus censorship. For this discussion, respond to the following:

How do you feel this issue fits in with the “world” wide Web?

Should free speech be considered when it comes to postings that are filled with hate speech?

What happens when hate speech is directed at a certain race, ethnic group, or religion?

What about sexting and pornography? Should these activities be filtered in some way or should censorship be totally abandoned to the issue of free speech?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 4 Discussion

DQ1 Codes of Ethics Comparison

A code of ethics is becoming an essential part of many IT departments within organizations, as well as across companies, organizations, and society. After reading and analyzing the codes of ethics from the studies activity earlier in this unit and researching other examples, address the following for this discussion:

What similarities did you find in the resources?

What differences did you note in the various codes that you reviewed?

Discuss what you think are important to include in a code of ethics for IT professionals.

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ2 The Digital Divide

For this discussion, respond to the following prompts:

What obligations does the United States have, as a democratic nation concerned with guaranteeing equal opportunities for all its citizens, to ensure that all Americans have full access to the Internet? Keep in mind that many elderly and impoverished people in the United States are still lacking Internet access.

Does the United States also have obligations to developing countries to ensure that they have global access to the Internet?

If so, who should pay for the development of technology for Internet access?

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note that your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. On 11:59:59 CST on Sunday of this week, please post a response post to one of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

IT3165 Ethics for the Information Technology Professional

Unit 5 Discussion

DQ1 Proprietary Software

There have been cases involving sting operations to apprehend pedophiles. While many people agree that these sting operations are necessary, others may argue that these could be classified as entrapment and should not be used. For this discussion:

Do you believe that sting operations should be used to lure pedophiles?

Are there other methods that could be used to protect children from these predators? Explain your answer.

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. Because this is our final and short week, at 11:59:59 CST on Friday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.

DQ2 Reflections

This course covered many moral and social issues as they relate to IT. In addition, you had a chance to work on an individual assignment and a team project. In this discussion, respond to the following as they relate to your entire experience:

How has your view changed from Unit 1 in what you see as the unique ethical problems in IT and the reasons you studied computer ethics?

What impact has this had on you?

Share your closing thoughts on how ethics must be related to IT and the Information Age.

Response Guidelines

This discussion will be an open-ended and in-depth, two-way discussion to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and other students. Please note your initial post is due by 11:59:59 CST on Wednesday of this week. Because this is our final and short week, at 11:59:59 CST on Friday of this week, please post a response post to two of your fellow learners’ posts.

Length: Your content post should be between 200–250 words presented in three to four paragraphs. A paragraph should be between three to five sentences. Please add the appropriate APA citations to the content post.

You will respond to at least two other learners’ initial posts. Your response posts to your fellow learners’ post should be between 100–150 words with the appropriate APA citations added.

Both your content post and your response posts should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Post your discussion in the discussion forum.

Note: Use the sources provided in the course to support your responses. Remember to access the Web links as provided and do any Internet research necessary to support the details of your responses. Sourcing your information is required.