Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code MN501
Unit Title Network Management in Organisations
Term, Year Term-1, 2017
Assessment Type Assignment-2
Assessment Title Essay and Power Point on Ethical issues
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis and academic writing of high standard. In this assignment students will:
Identify potential ethical and social issues related to IT administration ethics.
Discuss ethical and social issues pertaining to IT systems’-` administration.
Interpret professional codes of ethics developed by various industry bodies.
Discuss ethical behaviour in accordance with professional codes.
Explain ethical solutions to ensure that the society benefits.
Students must be able to generate ideas at abstract levels and support their arguments with strong reasoning. Students must strengthen critical thinking skills by answering the assignment.
Word limit 900 words
Submission Guidelines The assignment must be in MS Word format, 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.
Assignment Description
Write an essay on one of the following topics - “Being an ethical IT Professional” 900 words 20 Marks
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on the above essay. 4 – 6 Slides 20 Marks
For referencing, use APA or IEEE guidelines, but consistently.
Your topic is the one listed below based on the last digit of your student ID at MIT.
Marking criteria:
For the essay and the presentation content marks are allocated as follows as:
Aspects to be included in each answer Description of the section %
Introduction Introduce the ethical issues 10
Identification Identify the most important ethical issues 20
Analyse Analyse above identified issues 20
Evaluate/justification Evaluate the issues and write justification of your evaluation 20
Conclusion Write clear conclusion 20
Reference style Follow APA or IEEE reference style 10
Total 100
Marks Assigned:
Aspects Essay PowerPoint
Introduction /2 /2
Identification /4 /4
Analyse /4 /4
Evaluate/justification /4 /4
Conclusion /4 /4
Reference style /2 /2
Total /20 /20