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Assessment item 2
Assignment 2 - ACS Code of Conduct
Value: 13%
Due date: 24-Dec-2014
Return date: 14-Jan-2015
Length: 800 words
Submission method options
EASTS (online)
Task
Proceed according to the following instructions.
1. Use the same ethical dilemma that you identified in your first assignment.
2. Undertake further research about your chosen case to assist you in analysing and discussing it in your essay. . After speaking with lecture he said further research means explain in detail , based on the academic research or academic journal , peer review the section and clauses of ACS code thta we choose . Example:
1.2.1. The Primacy of the Public Interest (ACS Code section)
For this assignment the following clause may apply:
(a) Identify those potentially impacted by your work and explicitly consider their interests
(b) Raise with stakeholders any potential conflicts between your professional activity andlegal or other accepted public requirements
(c) Advise your stakeholders as soon as possible of any conflicts of interest or conscientious objections that you have
(e) Endeavour to preserve the integrity, security, continuity and utility of ICT
3. Analyse the ethical dilemma using the Australian Computer Society Code of Professional Conduct, The word limit is 800 words ± 10%. Note: Headings, citations, references and any appendices do not count towards your word limit, but quotations do. At the start of the assignment indicate in brackets the word count of your assignment excluding those items mentioned above.
4. Make a recommendation on the basis of your analysis providing reasons for this recommendation
5. Include a Reference list at the end of your work, in the correct APA referencing style, corresponding to in-text citations. You must include at least THREE (3) quality academic references from different sources. Please note that these three references are in addition to those provided to you through this subject (for example, you still must reference, the ACS code, Tavani, the Interact subject lecture notes etc BUT these references cannot be used as one of your three quality references from different sources). Only use references that have been cited in the body of your assignment and ones that support what you have presented in your assignment.
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Rationale
The assessment item is designed to help you to build skills towards achieving the learning objectives, by requiring you to:
• apply the ACS Code of Conduct to the analysis of an ethically questionable situation to determine the rightness or wrongness of actions/decisions made therein;
• make a recommendation on the basis of your analysis using the ACS Code of Conduct
• apply the APA referencing style.
Presentation
Please refer to the following expectations for this subject:
• Where appropriate assignments should be prepared using a word-processing package (such as Microsoft Word) with 11 point Times Roman, 1.5 line spacing, and page numbering on all pages as well table of contents
Marking criteria
The following marking sheet will be used to assess students' submissions.
Please check that you have met all the criteria before you submit your assignment.