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Assignment:
Proving or disproving the value of an ethics program and/or ethics department to your organization's CEO expand upon your work up to this point. Thus far, you have constructed a problem statement utilizing the five-step decision-making process, identified the ethical, moral, and/or legal implications of the topic you selected, begun to develop arguments for and against your declared thesis statement, and developed an outline for your project. Now you will begin to incorporate the technology-related computer ethics issues that you have learned in the past two weeks related to your topic, including cybersecurity, data analytics, IP rights and personal privacy. Specifically:
1. Your project will now take the form of your selected format.
2. In your chosen format, elaborate on your previous work and frame the issue within the context of what you have learned in the second stage of the course (i.e., ethics and morality in a technology context).
3. Examine the specific technology-related computer ethics issues and questions posed by your topic, including cybersecurity, data collection, and data breaches.
4. Discuss how your topic affects computer ethics issues such as Intellectual Property, privacy rights, and free speech.
5. Your project must contain each of the basic elements of an argumentative essay, including (1) an introduction consisting of a topic and problem statement, background information on the issue, and a thesis statement, (2) arguments and evidence supporting your position, (3) CIS340 - Computer Ethics Unit 5 Assignment: Ethics in Technology and First Draft counterarguments to your position, how you view those arguments/positions, and how you would refute those arguments with evidence, and (4) a conclusion. These basic elements are required regardless of the format you select.
6. You must incorporate additional research that you used to develop your thesis and decisionmaking. Include a reference list of sources cited in your essay in APA 7th edition format.
7. Your work this week will be considered a first draft. Submit the draft of your project to your instructor, who will provide you with feedback to incorporate into your final deliverable.
8. You will have the option to resubmit your assignment during Unit 6 after receiving and incorporating feedback from your instructor.