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The document outlines the CS5071NI module on Professional and Ethical Issues for Spring 2025, detailing its aim to prepare students for real-world challenges in the IT industry. It covers key themes such as privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical implications of technology, alongside learning outcomes and assessment methods. The course structure includes lectures, tutorials, and workshops, emphasizing the importance of legal, social, ethical, and professional issues in computing.

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Week1 Lecture

The document outlines the CS5071NI module on Professional and Ethical Issues for Spring 2025, detailing its aim to prepare students for real-world challenges in the IT industry. It covers key themes such as privacy, cybersecurity, and the ethical implications of technology, alongside learning outcomes and assessment methods. The course structure includes lectures, tutorials, and workshops, emphasizing the importance of legal, social, ethical, and professional issues in computing.

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CS5071NI

Professional and Ethical Issues


WEEK 1 - INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE

SPRING 2025
Agenda
• Module Aim
• Learning Outcomes
• Structure of Course
• Module Leaders
• Lecturers and Tutors
• Assessment
• Expectation from students
• Topics covered in Professional and Ethical Issues

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Before we begin…

Has technology made our lives better or worse???

Think about all the devices, apps, and systems you use every day.

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Ethics
• A set of moral principles or values.

• Concerns the rightness or wrongness of action;

• General matters of good and evil and how we might respond to good and evil.

• The study of ethics belongs primarily within the discipline of philosophy and leads to develop
skills in articulating values by giving means of questioning and discussing.

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Characteristics of Ethical Behavior
1. Honesty and integrity
6. Value driven decision-making
2. Justice
7. Encourages initiative
3. Respect And Concern For Others
8. Leadership by example
4. Promise-keeping & Trustworthiness
9. Values awareness
5. Focus on teambuilding
10. No tolerance for ethical violations

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Professional Issues
• Do you think all technological advancements are beneficial? Why or why not?
• If a company offers you free services but collects your data, is that ethical?
• Is hacking always unethical, or can it sometimes be justified?

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Professional Issues
• Addresses social, legal, financial, organizational and ethical issues faced in the IT industry.

• Intellectual property law, particularly as it relates to software.

• Legal and ethical issues relating to the misuse of computers and the Internet;

• Data protection, freedom of information, and privacy

• And many more….

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Why Ethics Matters in Technology?
Consider these scenarios…

Scenario 1: You are a software developer at a social media company, and you discover that
your company is selling user data to advertisers without consent. What would you do?

Scenario 2: A self-driving car has to choose between saving its passenger or a pedestrian.
How should it decide?

Scenario 3: AI-generated content is becoming more common. If an AI writes a novel, who


owns the copyright?

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Computer law
• Any law that has to do with computers and other electronic devices that store data
or information.

• Involves all the laws that relate to the transfer, use and storage of electronic
information.

• Includes a wide range of topics including security, private property rights and even
constitutional law.

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Module Aim
• Expose students to a range of professional and ethical issues to prepare them to develop their own
response to working with a professional outlook.
• Prepare students to work in the real world and equip them with the knowledge and appreciation of
professional bodies, code of conducts and professional certifications.
• Provide students with knowledge and understanding of the regulations governing the digital
environment (e.g. Internet) and social, ethical and professional issues (LSEPI) underpinning the
Computing discipline.
• Introduce students to academic research and research ethics, academic writing and the management
of an academic project.

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Learning Outcomes
• LO1: Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of Legal, social, ethical and
professional issues (LSEPI) underpinning the computing discipline, and present a
piece of critical analysis of their relevance to a topic of current importance.
• LO2: Appreciate and explain current regulations, and professional body guidelines
(such as BCS Code of Conduct) governing the computing discipline.
• LO3: Provide evidence of personal reflection and evaluation on the importance of
academic, professional and technical skills, their relationship to employability and the
need to plan for improvement and continuing professional development.

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Learning Outcomes
• LO4: Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of ethical issues underpinning
academic research and professional accountability.
• LO5: Effectively research, plan, structure and deliver an academic report and
presentations

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Key Themes of this Module
• Privacy & Surveillance – Who controls our data?

• Cybersecurity & Hacking – What are ethical and unethical hacking practices?

• Artificial Intelligence & Automation – Will AI replace human decision-making?

• Freedom of Speech & Censorship – Should social media platforms regulate


speech?

• Computing and Law – Should technology companies be responsible for ethical


issues in their products?

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Structure of the Course
• 1 Lecture (1.5 hours/week)
• 1 Tutorial (1.0 hours/week)
• 1 Workshop (1.5 hours/week)
• Individual practical work
• Using case study
• Hands on exercise
• Self Study

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Module Leader and Tutor

• Mr. Prashant Lal Shrestha (Groups: C7, C8, C15, C16)


• Mr. Aadesh Tandukar (Lecturer)
• Mr. Umesh Nepal (Groups: N1, N2, N3, N4, N5, N6)
• Ms. Shresha Rajbhandari (Groups: C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14, C18)
• Ms. Astha Sharma (Groups: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C17)
• Mr. Avinav Neupane (Groups: N7, N8, N9, N10, N11)

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Assessment
• Assessment will consist of a component
• Coursework (100%)
• Group workshops and presentations will be held timely during the semester
• Weekly workshop tasks will be assessed, which will affect the final gradings.

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Assessment
• Coursework

• Case study – Individual Coursework Weighing 100% of the module (3000 words)

• Submission Week – 12th Week

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Assessment
• Through the weekly tasks and the PDP, students will build their awareness of the
importance of Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional issues (LSEP)
• Their employability skills and personal development will be examined.
• The coursework will examine students’ abilities to research, review, plan and structure
a substantial piece of academic writing
• As well as their awareness of research ethics, critical thinking and self evaluation.

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What is expected from you?
• Attend all Lectures, Tutorials and Workshops
• Come in all classes on time and be well prepared for class works.
• Clear your doubts during Tutorial and workshop classes.
• Self Study
• Download Module Specification, Lecture slides and other materials from LMU or
MST Classroom

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Topics
• Computer Law and LSEP issues:
• Information and Society
• Regulating the digital environment
• Electronic Information, risks, misuse and criminal activity
• Digital content and Intellectual Property rights
• Ecommerce (contracts, liability and payments)
• Privacy and access to Information
• Future challenges (e.g. Cloud, Green IT, Virtual Worlds)

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Topics
• The World of Work
• Professional ethics and responsibilities
• Professional bodies’ Codes of Conduct
• Job search, CV, job interviews, aptitude tests and professional certifications
• Introduction to research
• Research ethics and the University code of conduct
• Literature search and review, academic writing, referencing and avoiding plagiarism
• Managing an academic project

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Further Reading
• Sara Baase (2018) Fifth Edition, Gift of Fire: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing
Technology, Pearson.
• Andrew Murray (2010), Information Technology Law: The law and society, Oxford University
Press.
• Chris Reed & John Angel (2007), Computer Law: The Law and Regulation of Information
Technology 6th edition, Oxford University Press.

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Any questions?

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