• A Gift of Fire, Second Edition, by Sara Baase, Prentice-Hall Publications, 2002.
  
  
• Case Studies in Information Technology Ethics, Second Edition, by Richard A. Spinello, Prentice-Hall, 2003.
  
  

• Be able to determine the impact of the privacy laws on information security policies.
• Understand the issues related to intellectual freedom, intellectual property, and copyright law as they relate to electronic publishing.
• Be able to determine and identify ethical procedures and behaviors in the organization related to information security.
• Be able to identify issues of professional conduct in information technology case studies.
• Be able to apply University standards of ethical conduct in preparing assignments for all coursework.
• Learn the areas most impacted by ethical decisions by professionals in the computing field and will gain skills in making such decisions.
• Identify key ethical concerns of information technology specialists.
• Apply theories of ethics to case situations in the context of organizational use of information technology.
• Appreciate how rapid changes in technology might affect ethical issues and changing norms of behavior.
• Understand the issues related to privacy and confidentiality as they relate to information technology.
• Understand the ethical issues associated with gathering, storing and accessing genetic information in databases.
• Recognize the differences in ethical codes of conduct in different cultures and countries.
• Understand the ethical issues that arise from findings in genomic and bioinformatics analyses.

Students conduct their academic affairs in an honest, responsible, and professional manner.

Students do not plagiarize.

• Plagiarism is the intentional appropriation of the work, be it ideas of phrasing of words, of another without crediting the source. (Source: Webster's Dictionary)
  
  
• "By plagiarizing, a student is, in effect, claiming credit for another individual's thinking and expression. Whether the student has read or heard of the information used, the student must document the source of information. When utilizing written sources, a clear distinction should be between quotations (which reproduce information from the source word-for-word within quotation marks) and paraphrases (which are restatements of the source information produced in the student's own words. Both direct quotations and paraphrases must be documented. Even though a student rephrases, condenses or selects from another person's work the ideas are still the other person's and failure to give credit constitutes misrepresentation of the student's actual work andplagiarismm ofanotherr person's idea. Purchasing a paper or copying another person's work and handing it in as a student's personal work is plagiarism and misrepresentation." (Source: Oakland University Graduate Catalog, 1987-89).
  
  

• Cheating is the unauthorized collaboration or use of external information during examinations. (Source: Webster Dictionary).
  
  

1. CHEATING POLICY

   PROJECTS - You must do your own work on all assignments, quizzes, and term project. You may discuss your project with other students and instructors and get advice; however, the actual assignment must be done by YOU! If you submit as your own work, any work done by a previous or another CIST 3110 student, you have cheated. If you submit as your own work, any work done by another person, you have cheated. If you have any doubt, ask your instructor BEFORE you submit the work as your own. After you submit the work, it is too late to ask!
   
   Make sure that you properly reference your case analysis - web pages, articles, and other case studies.
   
   

   CONSEQUENCES - There will be no second chances. If you are caught cheating, you will receive an "F" for the course
   
   

2. INCOMPLETE GRADES - Incomplete grades will not be given unless there are extraordinary circumstances as deemed by the instructor. This is almost impossible because of the construct of the class.
   
   
3. WITHDRAWAL - Refer to the class schedule for specific dates for withdrawal from this course.
   
   
4. ATTENDANCE - You are expected to be in class for every class session and to be on time. Not attending class robs you of the opportunity to ask questions, get information about assignments, and generally helping you acquire the knowledge you need to pass this class. Arriving late disturbs the class in progress and is simply rude. While I understand that circumstances may sometimes interfere, please make a point of being in class and being on time.
   
   
5. LATE ASSIGNMENTS - will be accepted only in the case of severe illness, military service, hardship or death in the family. No late assignments will be accepted. Failure to complete ALL ASSIGNMENTS shall result in a course grade of "F".
   
   
6. QUIZZES - Since there will be no exams, you will have a short quiz after every chapter in the Baase book. If you have read the material and attended classes, they will be very straight forward. Quizzes cannot be made up. If you choose not to attend class, you will lose these points.