Lovely Professional University, Punjab

Course Code Course Title Course Planner Lectures Tutorials Practicals Credits
CAP316 COMPUTING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES AND 21975::Bhanu Sharma 2 0 0 2
ETHICS
Course Weightage ATT: 5 CA: 25 MTT: 20 ETT: 50 Exam Category: 13: Mid Term Exam: All MCQ – End Term Exam: MCQ +
Subjective
Course Orientation KNOWLEDGE ENHANCEMENT

TextBooks ( T )
Sr No Title Author Publisher Name
T-1 ETHICS IN INFORMATION GEORGE REYNOLDS CENGAGE LEARNING
TECHNOLOGY
Reference Books ( R )
Sr No Title Author Publisher Name
R-1 COMPUTERS AND ETHICS IN D. MICAH HESTER AND PEARSON
THE CYBERAGE PAUL J. FORD
Other Reading ( OR )

Sr No Journals articles as Compulsary reading (specific articles, complete reference)

OR-1 https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-code-of-ethics-and-professional-conduct ,
OR-2 https://www.computer.org/cms/Publications/code-of-ethics.pdf ,
OR-3 https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Information_Technology_and_Ethics/Non-traditional_Workers ,
OR-4 http://newsroom.niu.edu/2015/03/17/social-media-changing-the-rules-of-business-ethics/ ,
OR-5 https://www.acm.org/about-acm/acm-code-of-ethics-and-professional-conduct , ,
OR-6 https://www.computer.org/cms/Publications/code-of-ethics.pdf , ,

Relevant Websites ( RW )
Sr No (Web address) (only if relevant to the course) Salient Features
RW-1 http://www.acm.org/about/se-code Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice

RW-2 http://www.sqa.org.uk/e-learning/ProfIssues03CD/page_04.htm IEEE CS/ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Practice

LTP week distribution: (LTP Weeks)

Weeks before MTE 7

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
 Weeks After MTE 7
Spill Over (Lecture) 4

Detailed Plan For Lectures

Week Lecture Broad Topic(Sub Topic) Chapters/Sections of Other Readings, Lecture Description Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Tool Live Examples
Number Number Text/reference Relevant Websites, Demonstration/
books Audio Visual Aids, Case Study /
software and Virtual Images /
Labs animation / ppt
etc. Planned
Week 1 Lecture 1 An Overview of Ethics for T-1 OR-1 Definition of Ethics Introduced to Ethics, PPT
IT Workers and IT Users The Importance of Intergrity, Morals
(What Is Ethics?) Integrity and Laws
The Difference
Between Morals,
Ethics, and Laws
Lecture 2 An Overview of Ethics for T-1 OR-1 Corporate Social Introduction to Ethics PPT
IT Workers and IT Users Responsibility in the Business
(Ethics in the Business Why Fostering World
World) Corporate Social
Responsibility and
Good Business Ethics
Is Important
Improving Corporate
Ethics
Creating an Ethical
Work Environment
Week 2 Lecture 3 An Overview of Ethics for T-1 OR-2 Develop a Problem Ethical PPT
IT Workers and IT Users Statement Considerations in
(Including Ethical Identify Alternatives Decision Making
Considerations in Decision Evaluate and Choose
Making) an Alternative
Implement the Decision
Evaluate the Results
Lecture 4 An Overview of Ethics for OR-5 Professional Codes of Ethics related IT PPT
IT Workers and IT Users(IT OR-6 Ethics Professionals and IT
Professionals and IT Users) Professional Users
Organizations
Common Ethical Issues
for IT Users
Supporting the Ethical
Practices of IT Users

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
Week 3 Lecture 5 Computer and Internet T-1 RW-1 Why Computer IT Security Incidents PPT
Crime(IT Security Incidents: Incidents Are So
A Major Concern) Prevalent
Types of Exploits
Types of Perpetrators
Federal Laws for
Prosecuting Computer
Attacks
Lecture 6 Computer and Internet T-1 RW-1 Risk Assessment Learn Trustworthy PPT
Crime(Implementing Establishing a Security Computing
Trustworthy Computing) Policy
Educating Employees
and Contract Workers
Prevention
Detection
Response
Week 4 Lecture 7 Privacy and Freedom of T-1 OR-5 Privacy Laws, Learn Privacy PPT
Expression(Privacy OR-6 Applications, and Court Protection and the
Protection and the Law) Rulings Law
Lecture 8 Privacy and Freedom of T-1 OR-5 Privacy Laws, Learn Privacy PPT
Expression(Privacy OR-6 Applications, and Court Protection and the
Protection and the Law) Rulings Law
Week 5 Lecture 9 Privacy and Freedom of T-1 RW-1 Data Breaches Understand Key PPT
Expression(Key Privacy and Electronic Discovery Privacy
Anonymity Issues) Consumer Profiling
Workplace Monitoring
Advanced Surveillance
Technology
Lecture 10 Test 1
Week 6 Lecture 11 Privacy and Freedom of R-1 OR-5 Obscene Speech Understand First PPT
Expression(First OR-6 Defamation Amendment Rights
Amendment Rights)
Lecture 12 Privacy and Freedom of T-1 RW-1 Controlling Access to Understand Key PPT
Expression(Freedom of Information on the Issues related to
Expression: Key Issues) Internet Freedom of
Strategic Lawsuit Expression
Against Public
Participation (SLAPP)
Anonymity on the
Internet
Hate Speech
Pornography

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
Week 7 Lecture 13 Privacy and Freedom of T-1 RW-1 Controlling Access to Understand Key PPT
Expression(Freedom of Information on the Issues related to
Expression: Key Issues) Internet Freedom of
Strategic Lawsuit Expression
Against Public
Participation (SLAPP)
Anonymity on the
Internet
Hate Speech
Pornography

SPILL OVER
Week 7 Lecture 14 Spill Over

MID-TERM
Week 8 Lecture 15 Intellectual Property and T-1 OR-1 Intellectual Property Learn about PPT
Software Development RW-1 Copyright Term Intellectual Property
(Intellectual Property and Eligible Works
Copyrights) Fair Use Doctrine
Software Copyright
Protection

Lecture 16 Intellectual Property and T-1 RW-2 Patents understand about PPT
Software Development Leahy-Smith America patents, trade secret
(Patents and Trade Secrets) Invents Act (2011) and Key Intellectual
Software Patents Property Issues
Cross-Licensing
Agreements
Trade Secrets
Trade Secret Laws
Employees and Trade
Secrets
Key Intellectual
Property Issues
Plagiarism
Reverse Engineering
Open Source Code
Competitive Intelligence
Trademark Infringement
Cybersquatting

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
Week 9 Lecture 17 Intellectual Property and T-1 RW-2 Patents understand about PPT
Software Development Leahy-Smith America patents, trade secret
(Patents and Trade Secrets) Invents Act (2011) and Key Intellectual
Software Patents Property Issues
Cross-Licensing
Agreements
Trade Secrets
Trade Secret Laws
Employees and Trade
Secrets
Key Intellectual
Property Issues
Plagiarism
Reverse Engineering
Open Source Code
Competitive Intelligence
Trademark Infringement
Cybersquatting
Lecture 18 Test 2
Week 10 Lecture 19 Intellectual Property and T-1 OR-1 Strategies for learn about s/w PPT
Software Development RW-1 Engineering Quality development
(Strategies for Engineering Software
Quality Software) The Importance of
Software Quality
Software Product
Liability
Software Development
Process
Capability Maturity
Model Integration
Lecture 20 Information Technology on T-1 OR-2 IT Investment and understand Impact of PPT
Productivity RW-2 Productivity IT on the Standard of
and Quality of Life(The The Digital Divide Living and Worker
Impact of IT on the Standard Productivity
of Living and Worker
Productivity)
Week 11 Lecture 21 Information Technology on R-1 OR-2 Electronic Health Understanding about PPT
Productivity OR-4 Records HealthCare
and Quality of Life(The Use of Mobile and
Impact of IT on HealthCare Wireless Technology in
Costs) the Healthcare Industry
Telehealth
Medical Information
Web Sites for
Laypeople

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
Week 11 Lecture 22 Social Networking and T-1 OR-4 Social Network Understanding about PPT
Ethics of IT Organizations Advertising Social Networking
(Social Networking Web The Use of Social
Site) Networks in the Hiring
Process
The Use of Social
Media to Improve
Customer Service
Social Shopping Web
Sites
Social Networking and T-1 OR-2 Social Network Understanding about PPT
Ethics of IT Organizations OR-3 Advertising Social Networking
(Business Applications of The Use of Social
Online Social Networking) Networks in the Hiring
Process
The Use of Social
Media to Improve
Customer Service
Social Shopping Web
Sites
Week 12 Lecture 23 Social Networking and R-1 OR-4 Cyberbullying learn Social PPT
Ethics of IT Organizations Cyberstalking Networking Ethical
(Social Networking Ethical Encounters with Sexual Issues
Issues) Predators
Uploading of
Inappropriate Material
Lecture 24 Social Networking and R-1 OR-4 Cyberbullying learn Social PPT
Ethics of IT Organizations Cyberstalking Networking Ethical
(Social Networking Ethical Encounters with Sexual Issues
Issues) Predators
Uploading of
Inappropriate Material
Week 13 Lecture 25 Social Networking and R-1 OR-4 Cyberbullying learn Social PPT
Ethics of IT Organizations Cyberstalking Networking Ethical
(Social Networking Ethical Encounters with Sexual Issues
Issues) Predators
Uploading of
Inappropriate Material
Lecture 26 Term paper

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
 Week 14 Lecture 27 Social Networking and T-1 OR-3 Key Ethical Issues for Learn Ethics of IT PPT
Ethics of IT Organizations Organizations Organizations25
(Contingent Workers and H- The Need for
1B Workers) Nontraditional Workers
Advantages,
Disadvantages and
Deciding When to Use
Contingent Workers
H-1B Workers:
Application Process and
Potential Exploitation
Using H-1B Workers
Instead of U.S. Workers

SPILL OVER
Week 14 Lecture 28 Spill Over
Week 15 Lecture 29 Spill Over
Lecture 30 Spill Over

Scheme for CA:

CA Category of this Course Code is:A0203 (2 best out of 3)

Component Weightage (%)

Term paper 50
Test 50
Test 50

Details of Academic Task(s)

Academic Task Objective Detail of Academic Task Nature of Academic Academic Task Marks Allottment /
Task Mode submission
(group/individuals) Week
Term paper To evaluate the The students have to prepare a detailed article on a topic assigned to Individual Online 30 4 / 11
learning of the them. They have to present this article in the form of presentation
students about the
topic
Test 1 To evaluate There will be 5 or 10 marks question , these may contain Individual Offline 30 3/5
performance of numerical , theoretical question and fill in the blanks.
students

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.
Test 2 To check the There will be 5 or 10 marks question , these may contain Individual Offline 30 5/9
conceptual numerical , theoretical question and fill in the blanks.
knowledge and
understanding of
student about topics
covered

List of suggested topics for term paper[at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)

Sr. No. Topic

1 Implementation of Ethics in Public Sector Management
2 A study of how Emotional Labor and Ethical Leadership Affect Job Engagement for public servants in India.
3 Effect of Digital Divide in India and Government initiatives to mitigate it.
4 Case study in organizational communication.
5 Placing Ethical Practice in an Engineering Context
6 Research Ethics issues in the conduct of environmental and public health research in IT Companies
7 Ethical Practices made by company to stay informed about developing issues connected to the recruitment.
8 Case studies draw an ethical challenges encountered by physicians in everyday practice.
9 Case Study on ethical Practices at the supply chain and distribution process in product based companies.
10 Case Study in business ethics and corporate governance.
11 Case study on Ethical Practices and Implications in Distance Learning.
12 Case Study in Ethics for Digital Journalists an Emerging Best Practice.
13 Ethical Practices in Speech-Languages Pathology and Audiology
14 Implementation of Ethical Practices in Human Resource Management of an Organization.
15 Case studies exploring the following ethical and legal issues in Clinical practice can be found on the Indian Clinical ethics

An instruction plan is only a tentative plan. The teacher may make some changes in his/her teaching plan. The students are advised to use syllabus for preparation of all examinations. The students are expected to keep themselves
updated on the contemporary issues related to the course. Upto 20% of the questions in any examination/Academic tasks can be asked from such issues even if not explicitly mentioned in the instruction plan.