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IS3004 Assignment: Societal Impact of Information Systems

1. Describe two ethical issues related to IT systems.

2. Analyze the ethical issues you identified in Item 1 in terms of their effects on IT systems and impact on an organization.

3. Illustrate how an organization's approach to addressing an ethical issue from an IT perspective can lead to positive social change. Be sure to address both internal and external impacts.

4. Using the Internet and/or other sources, identify a company that has both faced and addressed one of the ethical issues you described in Item 1. Describe the scenario and outcomes of that experience, including in your description the role that society and the drive for positive social change played. In your response, include an analysis of whether the organization handled the situation effectively. What improvements might you suggest that could promote further positive social change?

5. Explain two possible threats to information security.

6. Using the Internet and/or other sources, identify a company that has both faced and addressed an information security breach. Analyze the scenario and the impact of the information security breach on the company. Be sure to describe how the company handled the situation, as well as any outcomes of that experience. Include your appraisal of whether the company handled the situation effectively.

7. Using the company you selected for Item 6, identify how the lessons learned from the experience could be applied more generally to other organizations with regard to their risk management strategies. Be sure to include specific components of risk management in your response.