MIS231 - Professional Ethics in the Digital Age

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Previously coded as:MSC348
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Emilia Bellucci
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with:

SIT223

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1.5 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1.5 hour on-campus seminar each week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1.5 hour recorded lecture provided and 1 x 1.5 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week

Content

This unit focuses on the ethical role of information systems professionals (e.g. business analyst, data analyst) and business professionals. The rise of global eBusiness and the rapid development of 'Big Data' (or large quantities of digital data) have changed how people, organisations and societies operate and have introduced new ethical, social and professional issues. The key aim of this unit is to equip the student with the skills to understand, identify and analyse these issues. The unit will consider some of the key ethical and social issues that have arisen as a result of global eBusiness and 'Big Data' and provide practical experience in how to manage these issues.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Identify, describe, and analyse ethical, social and professional issues that result from global eBusiness and big data.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Identify and evidence their own employability skills development.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Develop and justify resolutions to ethical dilemmas.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Research) 

 

1500 words

 

40%

Week 5
Assessment 2: (Individual) Report (Analytical)  1500 words 40% Week 9
Assessment 3: (Individual) Report (Analytical)   1000 words 20%

Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MIS231 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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