Essay Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics – Professional Relationships with Different Stakeholder – Business Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Learning Outcomes : 

LO1: Explain the theory and strategies for maintaining professional relationships with different stakeholder groups and identify the range of issues in IT code of practice. 

LO2: Interpret and critically reflect on the Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics

INSTRUCTIONS
Task: Research and Write a Business Report that Addresses the Question:
‘How Ethical are Major Internet Companies?’

Methodology:
Write a Business report with the following report headings and content:

• ‘Introduction’
Briefly describe that you are going to report on the ethical standards and actions of the following major internet companies:
Google
Microsoft
Apple

Facebook

• You will do this by conducting a short survey, locating and summarizing the company’s Ethical and/or Code of Conduct policies, comparing their ethical policies with their actions, and drawing some conclusions about their ethical behaviour.

 ‘What do People Think?’

• Survey 10 people and ask: How ethical do you think each of the following companies is?
• Rate the answers from 1-10 (totally unethical to completely ethical)
• Report the average result for each company in a table
• Report your own initial ethical rating of the same companies

‘Ethical/Code of Conduct Policies’

• Locate the ethical policy/code of conduct for each company
• Suggestion: Search <company name> ethics policy or code of conduct
• Write a brief summary of the policy
• Briefly describe how each compare to the policy statements of the others? Longest/shortest, easiest to read/full of air, strongest stand/weakest, etc.

‘Ethical Behaviour’

• Locate and briefly describe any reports of unethical conduct by the companies
• Suggestion: Search <company name> unethical
• Do these reports match the companies’ policies?

‘Australian Tax’

• Locate reports of the tax paid in Australia by the companies
• Do these companies pay a fair share of tax in Australia?

‘Summary’

• Are the companies as ethical as they claim?
• Are some companies better than others?
• Do you have any recommendations for better ethical behaviour?
• Having done the research, what is you final ethical rating for the companies