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PROFESSIONAL TOPICS IN BUSINESS SYSTEMS

BUS5PTB

2020

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

The focus of this subject is the understanding and application of ethics for ICT, which touches all aspects of professional activity. In this subject you will develop their analytical and practical skills in professional issues in business information systems. In addition to an introduction to ICT ethics and ethical decision making, it focusses on the implications of ethics for areas such as intellectual property, privacy, crime, professional codes of conduct, social media issues and employee/employer issues, and vice versa. At the completion of this subject you should have a thorough understanding of the concepts and their ethical implications necessary for informed and responsible professional practice.

School: La Trobe Business School (Pre 2022)

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Mei-Tai Chu

Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Available as Elective: Yes

Learning Activities: Discussion questions, assignment and group presentation, lecture and exam.

Capstone subject: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: BUS5BID AND BUS5EBI

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Quota Management Strategy: N/A

Quota-conditions or rules: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Minimum credit point requirement: N/A

Assumed knowledge: N/A

Learning resources

Ethics in Information Technology

Resource Type: Book

Resource Requirement: Prescribed

Author: Reynolds, George

Year: 2017

Edition/Volume: 7th edition

Publisher: CENGAGE Learning

ISBN: 9781337405874

Chapter/article title: N/A

Chapter/issue: N/A

URL: N/A

Other description: N/A

Source location: N/A

Career Ready

Career-focused: No

Work-based learning: No

Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A

Entire subject or partial subject: N/A

Total hours/days required: N/A

Location of WBL activity (region): N/A

WBL addtional requirements: N/A

Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes

Graduate Capabilities

COMMUNICATION - Communicating and Influencing
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Creativity and Innovation
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
INQUIRY AND ANALYSIS - Research and Evidence-Based Inquiry
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Adaptability and Self-Management
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Ethical and Social Responsibility
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL - Leadership and Teamwork

Intended Learning Outcomes

01. Understand different approaches to ethical decision-making and the behaviours and responsibilities required of a computer and information systems professional
02. Recognise and demonstrate a critical awareness of the values that shape the information systems professional and be able to analyse and apply these values in a professional setting
03. Identify and understand the regulatory and standard setting framework and the impact of the various legal issues that are impacted by and in turn impact upon the work undertaken by a computer and information systems professional
04. Clearly present views and thoughts on complex ethical dimensions that impact upon the role of the professional information systems professional and the industry in which they operate
05. Demonstrate a critical awareness of the role that IT plays in Australia and globally and engage with a range of values and diverse perspectives when considering the global impact of IT
06. Identify and critically review the complexities relating to the foundations of H-CI from a range of different perspectives; the human, the computer and the interaction between the two

Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Mei-Tai Chu

Class requirements

Lecture/SeminarWeek: 31 - 43
One 3.00 hours lecture/seminar per week on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementCommentsCategoryContributionHurdle%ILO*

One 2-hour final examination Case and scenario based (equiv 2000 words)

N/ACentral examIndividualNo40SILO1, SILO2, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5, SILO6

One group presentation Equivalent 10-minutes per student (equiv 1000 words)

N/AOral presentationGroupNo10SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO6

One theoretical and practical group assignment Equivalent to 2,000 words per student

N/AAssignmentGroupNo30SILO1, SILO2, SILO4, SILO6

Two in-class quizzes 5% for first quiz, 15% for second quiz. these may be online or in class (equiv 300 words total)

N/AQuizzesIndividualNo20SILO1, SILO3, SILO5, SILO6