31272 Project Management and the Professional

Task:

Tasks and Assessment

Prepare a report in three parts answering the questions in each section. You are expected to conceptualise the problem/issue, find relevant references for context, facts, theory and examples and come up with appropriate points of view. Your positions should be supported with argument and citations as appropriate. Marks will also be awarded for presentation and professionalism of the response.

1) Stakeholder Ethics

a) Determine and outline at least 3 ethical issues that may be associated with using the Clearview facial recognition software. Why do you believe that these are (or could be) ethical concerns?

b) For each ethical issue nominated in 1(a):

Identify at least two key stakeholders (or stakeholder groups). Why they are stakeholders?

For each stakeholder role identified, put yourself in their place and briefly attempt to describe their viewpoint and likely reasoning in regards to each specific issue;

For each stakeholder role identified, select what you believe is the closest potential fit of their viewpoint to one of the seven ‘ethical principles’ given on slide 10 of the Ethics class (week 3).

Briefly explain why you attributed that ethical principle to them.

c) For each ethical issue nominated in 1(a):

Discuss your own personal view regarding each issue;

Select what you believe is the closest potential fit of your viewpoint to one of the seven ‘ethical principles’ given on slide 10 of the Ethics class. Briefly explain why you chose that ethical principle for yourself.

d) Compare your views expressed in 1(c) to positions previously nominated for other stakeholders in

1(b). Discuss any prominent differences/similarities between your own views and those that might be held by these others. Why do you think these differences/similarities exist? Who is most ‘right’?

International Codes of Conduct / Codes of Ethics

Research the Codes of Conduct and Codes of Ethics for Information Technology industry bodies representing Australia (i.e. Australian Computer Society (ACS)) plus two other national or international groups (e.g. Association for Computer Machinery (ACM), Project Management Institute (PMI), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), British Computer Society (BCS), Computer Society of India (CSI), Institute of IT Professionals New Zealand (IITP), etc.).

Answer the following:

a) In your opinion, and supplying reasoning, what evaluation would each Industry Code most likely give regarding the employment of facial recognition technology by government and corporate entities?

b) Compare the Codes of Conduct/Ethics for the three industry bodies. What are the major differences and similarities between the codes you have examined in regard to the case study subject matter? Why do you believe that these differences, similarities or areas of conflict are present?

Justify answers with specific references to items within case study examples and the Codes themselves.