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Week 2 Assignment

Course Project - Ethical SWOT Analysis

This week, you will complete an ethical SWOT analysis of the technology you have selected for your Course Project. In industry, a SWOT analysis is used to create a structured assessment of a business plan, opportunity, or action. By considering strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, a SWOT analysis is an effective tool to summarize and assess products, services, and actions. Not only does a SWOT analysis help you understand the context of a particular action or problem, but it will also set the stage for action and goal planning.

Using this methodology, you will create a SWOT analysis of the technology you are investigating for your Course Project. As part of your analysis, you will evaluate the following.

Strengths:

What are the advantages of the technology?

How will it positively impact culture and society?

What are other potential gains?

Weaknesses:

What features of the technology may hinder success?

What are the limitations of the technology?

How does the technology address issues of equity?

Opportunities:

What are external factors that may contribute to the success of the technology?

What social, political, and/or cultural trends may influence reception?

What are the opportunities for growth?

Threats:

What external factors may pose a threat to the success or adoption of the technology?

What social, political, and/or cultural trends may influence reception?

What are potential hurdles to growth?

A successful assignment will

include all four areas of the SWOT analysis;

be one to two pages in length;

be composed using Microsoft Word and using 12-point Times New Roman; and

format and cite sources using the seventh edition of APA.

Don't forget to submit your assignment for grading.

 

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Week 3 Assignment

Course Project - Historical Context and Ethical Questions

This week, you will consider the historical and ethical contexts of your Course Project topic. This will provide a factual foundation to help guide your analysis in the coming week.

For this assignment, complete the following.

Definition: Explain your selected technology. What is it? How does it work? What is its purpose?

Timeline: Provide a timeline of major events concerning your technology. Include major developments, regulations, successful events, controversies, or issues.

Ethical Questions: Develop three to five ethical questions that surround your selected technology. These questions will help guide your analysis in future assignments.

Ethical Lens: Identify one to two ethical theories that you think will help you further develop your analysis of your selected technology.

As part of this assignment, you must consult and cite at least three high-quality, academic sources. These sources should be from reputable publications that can be found in the DeVry Library or industry publications.

A successful assignment will

be one to two pages in length;

be composed using Microsoft Word and using 12-point Times New Roman;

include a minimum of three sources; and

include properly formatted and cited sources using the seventh edition of APA.

Don't forget to submit your assignment for grading.

 

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Week 4 Assignment

Course Project - Literature Review

This week, you will write a review of literature based on the technology you are investigating for your Course Project. A review of literature may be defined as an analysis of published information in a particular subject area. It has some similarities to an annotated bibliography, which you have completed in a previous class, but differs in important respects. An annotated bibliography focuses on annotations, or summaries, of sources. In contrast, a review of literature analyzes the sources, draws connections among them, and notes changes in thinking over time. A review of literature will focus on the following questions.

What are the key points of agreement among the sources?

What are the key points of disagreement among the sources?

Do any of the sources appear to be outliers? In other words, are there any sources that bring up issues, or make assertions, that the other sources do not discuss?

Which sources appear to be the most powerful or influential? Are there sources that all of the other sources deem highly authoritative?

Are there any sources whose assertions seem dubious, illogical, or unsupported by the facts?

How has thinking changed about your topic over time? Are there beliefs that have fallen out of favor?

Successful assignments will do the following.

Analyze at least five sources from reputable publications that can be found in the DeVry Library

Demonstrate points of similarities and differences, note patterns, and evaluate source quality

Be approximately 750–1,000 words in length

Be formatted per current APA standards, including a separate title page and references page

Don't forget to submit your assignment for grading.

 

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Week 5 Assignment

Course Project - Equity Impact Assessment

This week, you will conduct an equity impact assessment of the technology you have selected for your Course Project. The goal of this assignment is to provide a framework for removing barriers that disadvantaged people may experience in accessing and utilizing new technologies, as well as analyzing technologies through the lens of social justice and equity.

Equity is defined as the belief that all humans are created equal (Martin & Nakayama, 2020). Determinants of equity include the social, economic, geographic, political, and physical environment conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age and that are necessary for all people to thrive regardless of race, class, gender, language spoken, or sexual orientation. Inequities are created when barriers exist that prevent individuals and communities from accessing these conditions.

Your equity assessment must address the following.

Provide a two- to three-sentence goal statement for your technology. What is the intended impact?

Identify and explain groups that may be impacted by the technology. This can include, but is not limited to, low income populations, communities of color, linguistic minorities, LGBTQA+ communities, and immigrant or refugee populations.

Identify and explain regions that may be impacted by the technology. This can include, but is not limited to, urban communities, rural communities, coastal communities, industrial communities, and ethnic enclave.

Analyze potential positive and negative impact(s) or unintended consequences for three identified populations. As part of your analysis, include the following for each of the three populations you select.

Identify the population.

Describe the potential positive and negative impacts and consequences.

Propose actions to mitigate negative impacts or enhance positive impacts.

A successful assignment will

be two to three pages in length;

be composed using Microsoft Word and using 12-point Times New Roman;

include a minimum of three sources; and

be formatted and cite sources using the seventh edition of APA.

Don't forget to submit your assignment for grading.

 

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Week 6 Assignment

Course Project - Code of Ethics

A code of ethics may be defined as a written document providing a practical moral framework for moral decision making. Successful organizations have strong codes of ethics. For this week's assignment, you will create an organizational code of ethics appropriate to your Course Project topic. For example, if your Course Project is focused on cryptocurrency, you might create a code of ethics appropriate to a cryptocurrency mining company. If your topic is electronic stock trading, you might create a code of ethics for an electronic trading platform.

To help you to write an effective code of ethics, please review Chapter 9 Professional Ethics and carefully read pages 444–455, which provides the full text of the Software Engineering Code of Ethics as well an in-depth analysis. Your code of ethics will be shorter than the Software Engineering Code of Ethics, but it will follow the same structure.

Preamble: This is a one-paragraph explanation of the purpose of the code. Make it clear to the reader what type of organization you are.

Guiding Principles: At least six, and no more than eight, fundamental precepts that your organization will follow should be included.

Applications: For each guiding principle, provide at least three examples of what a member of your organization should do or should not do to abide by those guiding principles.

Elements of a Desired Response

Length: Approximately two pages (600 words)

Structure: Includes preamble, guiding principles, and applications for each principle

Content: Shows knowledge of workable ethical theories, such as Kantianism; utilitarianism; social contract theory; justice theory; and virtue ethics; and shows appreciation for the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The following are links to the codes of ethics of a number of famous organizations. Reading them may help you as you create your own unique code.

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) (Links to an external site.)

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) (Links to an external site.)

Society of Human Resource Managers (SHRM) (Links to an external site.)

Google (Links to an external site.)

Johnson & Johnson

 

 

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Week 7 Assignment

Course Project – Recommendations

This week, you will begin to synthesize the information you have gathered and the analysis you have conducted of your selected technology. In order to bring your ideas together and prepare for your final presentation, you will complete a recommendation analysis.

The recommendation analysis should provide three to four concrete recommendations for how to best utilize your selected technology.

As part of your analysis, include the following.

Introduction: Explain your selected technology and provide contextual details concerning application and reach.

Thesis: Offer an argument to synthesize your ideas and provide a foundation for your recommendations and analysis.

Ethical Dilemmas: Identify and describe three to four ethical dilemmas posed by your selected technology. Include concrete examples and ethical theories to help detail your summary.

Recommendations: Offer concrete recommendations to help mediate each of the described dilemmas. Remember to consider stakeholders and resources for providing solutions.

Conclusion: Summarize your main arguments and provide avenues for further discussion.

As part of this assignment, you must consult and site at least three high-quality, academic sources. These sources should be from reputable publications that can be found in the DeVry Library or industry publications.

A successful assignment will

be three to four pages in length;

include a minimum of three academic sources;

be composed using Microsoft Word and using 12-point Times New Roman;

include a minimum of three sources; and

be formatted and cite sources using the seventh edition of APA.

Don't forget to submit your assignment for grading.

 

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Week 8 Assignment

Course Project - Presentation

The presentation is the final assignment of this course. The goal of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to show what you have learned throughout the course. As a reminder, here are the assignments you have completed so far.

Week 1: Understanding Ethics (PlayPosit Quiz)

Week 2: Ethical SWOT Analysis

Week 3: Historical Context and Ethical Questions

Week 4: Literature Review

Week 5: Equity Impact Assessment

Week 6: Code of Ethics

Week 7: Recommendations

The structure of your presentation will follow the chronological order of the assignments. Here is a suggested organization.

Title slide, including the presentation title, your name, name of the course, and the date

A discussion of your strongest ethical values

Explain which philosophies and philosophers are your greatest influences.

A high-level overview of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of your chosen technology based on your ethical values

A brief history and context of your chosen technology

A reflection of what you learned from your research

An abridged assessment of the equity impact of your technology

Key points in your code of ethics

A summary of your key recommendations

A conclusion with final thoughts

References in APA style

For this presentation you will provide an audio narration of approximately 8–10 minutes. There are a variety of ways to add audio narration, but using the Record Audio feature in PowerPoint is highly recommended for its simplicity and ease of use. If you wish to use something else, please check with your instructor first.

Effective presentations will include the following elements.

Well-designed, well-balanced slides that incorporate visual aids and text harmoniously

In-slide references to sources

Clear, confident audio narration

Correct use of grammar, spelling, and punctuation

The grading rubric for this assignment is detailed below.