Debra Shinder writes, “In fact, many IT pros don’t even realize that their jobs involve ethical issues. Yet we make decisions on a daily basis that raise ethical questions [1].” Debra poses the following ethical scenarios.
1) IT and security consultants who do work for multiple companies have even more ethical issues to deal with. If you learn things about one of your clients that might affect your other client(s), where does your loyalty lie? Should you use the information gained from Client‐A for the benefit of the other client, Client‐B?
Investigate and reflect upon one of the above scenarios using Ethical Guidelines published by organisations such as: EA, ACS, ACM and IEEE
The assignment must be in MS Word format of 850 words, 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 IEEE referencing style.
You must use the following aspects as headings for your answer.Marks are allocated as follows:
Introduction : Introduce the ethical issues in 3‐5 sentences
Identification : Identify at least 2 important ethical issues
Analyse : Analyse the above identified issues
Evaluate/justification : Evaluate the issues and write justification of your evaluation
Conclusion : Write clear conclusion in 2‐3 sentences
Reference style : Follow APA or IEEE reference style