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The document outlines the coursework requirements for the module CS5071NI on Professional and Ethical Issues, detailing submission milestones, plagiarism warnings, and marking criteria. Students are tasked with writing a 3000-word report on a data breach incident at Capital One, addressing various social, ethical, legal, and professional issues. The coursework is due in three milestones, with the final submission on May 19, 2025, and includes specific formatting guidelines and citation requirements.

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The document outlines the coursework requirements for the module CS5071NI on Professional and Ethical Issues, detailing submission milestones, plagiarism warnings, and marking criteria. Students are tasked with writing a 3000-word report on a data breach incident at Capital One, addressing various social, ethical, legal, and professional issues. The coursework is due in three milestones, with the final submission on May 19, 2025, and includes specific formatting guidelines and citation requirements.

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1st Sit Coursework 1 Question Paper: Spring Semester 2025

Module Code: CS5071NI

Module Title: Professional and Ethical Issues

Module Leader: Mr. Aadesh Tandukar (Islington College)

Coursework Type: Individual

Coursework Weight: This coursework accounts for 100% of the overall module
grades.

Submission Date: First Milestone: Tuesday, 8 April 2025


Second Milestone: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
Final Submission: Monday, 19 May 2025

Coursework given Week 4


out:

Submission Submit the following to the Islington College’s MST portal


Instructions: before 01:00 PM on the due date:
● A report (document) in .pdf format in the MST
portal or through any medium which the module leader
specifies.

London Metropolitan University and Islington College take


Warning: plagiarism very seriously. Offenders will be dealt with
sternly.

© London Metropolitan University


Plagiarism Notice
You are reminded that there exist regulations concerning plagiarism.

Extracts from University Regulations on Cheating, Plagiarism and Collusion

Section 2.3: “The following broad types of offense can be identified and are provided as
indicative examples:

i.Cheating: including copying coursework.


ii.Falsifying data in experimental results.
iii.Impersonation, where a substitute takes an examination or test on behalf of the candidate.
Both candidate and substitute may be guilty of an offense under these Regulations.
iv.Bribery or attempted bribery of a person thought to have some influence on the candidate’s
assessment.
v.Collusion to present joint work as the work solely of one individual.
vi.Plagiarism, where the work or ideas of another are presented as the candidate’s own.
vii.Other conduct calculated to secure an advantage on assessment.
viii. Assisting in any of the above.

Some notes on what this means for students:

● Copying another student's work is an offense, whether from a copy on paper or


from a computer file, and in whatever form the intellectual property being copied takes,
including text, mathematical notation and computer programs.
● Taking extracts from published sources without attribution is an offense. To
quote ideas, sometimes using extracts, is generally to be encouraged. Quoting ideas is
achieved by stating an author's argument and attributing it, perhaps by quoting,
immediately in the text, his or her name and year of publication, e.g. " e = mc2 (Einstein
1905)".
● A reference section at the end of your work should then list all such references
in alphabetical order of authors' surnames. (There are variations on this referencing
system which your tutors may prefer you to use.)
● If you wish to quote a paragraph or so from published work then indent the
quotation on both left and right margins, using an italic font where practicable, and
introduce the quotation with an attribution.

Further information in relation to the existing London Metropolitan University regulations


concerning plagiarism can be obtained from https://student.londonmet.ac.uk/your-
studies/student-administration/rules-and-regulations/academic-regulations/
Individual Coursework — 2025 (Weighting 100% of the module)

Write a minimum 3000 words report, in your own words, on the following case scenario. You
can exceed up to 3500 but not more than that.

Scenario

A significant data breach at Capital One, a well-known financial services provider, in 2019
affected more than 100 million US consumers and 6 million Canadian customers. Due to a
misconfigured web application firewall in Capital One's cloud architecture, confidential client
data was accessed without authorization by Paige Thompson, a former software engineer at
Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Social Security numbers, bank account information, and other personal data were among the
compromised data. The breach was not detected for several months after it happened, until
July 2019. After the event, Capital One was hit with harsh legal repercussions, which included
paying a $190 million settlement to compensate impacted customers and a $80 million fine.

The use of cloud technology, while offering scalability and efficiency, also introduced new
vulnerabilities that were exploited in this breach. This incident raises critical questions about
the role of technology in data security and the responsibilities of those who manage it.

Questions: Include in your report:

● Introduction and background of the scandal, include citations in the text (10%)
● Social issues, include citations in the text (15%)
● Ethical issues, include citations in the text (15%)
● Legal issues, include citations in the text (10%)
● Professional issues, include citations in the text (15%)
● Conclusion and Personal Reflection on what could be your choice or your perspective
as per Professional Ethics guidelines? Explain according to the methodology of taking an
ethical decision. (10%)
● Citations and Referencing (As per Harvard Referencing guidelines), NOTE: Must be
from different valid sources as per the academic research guidelines. (10%)

● The other 5% of the marks will be awarded for: essay structure; grammar and
punctuations; proper header and footer; correct spelling; (5%)

● The final 10% of the marks will be awarded for a final presentation and viva session
that will be conducted after the coursework submission (10%)

Include following paragraphs while writing the report


● Paragraph[s] on Introduction
● Paragraph[s] on Background of the scandal
● Paragraph[s] on Social issues
● Paragraph[s] on Ethical issues
● Paragraph[s] on Legal issues
● Paragraph[s] on Professional issues
● Paragraph[s] on Conclusion and Personal Reflection
● Reference[s] following the Harvard Referencing Format Guidelines.

Note: The total word count (3000 words) should include all the paragraphs listed
above; excluding the coverpage, table of contents and the referencing section.
Marking criteria:

Criteria Marks
Documentation and Formatting 5
Introduction and Background 10
Social Issue 15
Ethical Issue 15
Legal Issue 10
Professional Issue 15
Personal reflection 10
Referencing 10
Presentation and Viva 10

Include following formatting guidelines while writing the report

● Appropriate cover page provided in MST Classroom


● Table of content with correct page numbering
● Table of figures if any
● Header: Subject name and subject code
● Footer: Student ID and page number
● Font: Times New Roman
● Font Color: Black (Automatic) RGB(0,0,0)
● Font Size for heading: 14 Bold
● Font Size for paragraph: 12
● Font Size for Figure naming: 11 Italic
● Line Spacing: 1.5
MILESTONE BREAKDOWN:

Milestone 1 (Week 7):

● Introduction and background of the scandal, include citations in the text (10%)
● Social issues, include citations in the text (15%)
● Ethical issues, include citations in the text (15%)

Milestone 2 (Week 10)


● Legal issues, include citations in the text (10%)
● Professional issues, include citations in the text (15%)
● Conclusion and Personal Reflection on what could be your choice or your perspective
as per Professional Ethics guidelines? Explain according to the methodology of taking an
ethical decision. (10%)
● Citations and Referencing (As per Harvard Referencing guidelines), NOTE: Must be
from different valid sources as per the academic research guidelines. (10%)

--END OF PAPER--

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