Ronan Fitzpatrick 

 

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DT249 B.Sc in Information Systems and Information Technology

Professional and Legal Issues in IS/IT

These resources are posted for supplemental purposes.  They are not a substitute for attendance at lectures where the sharing of knowledge and work experience is encouraged and general interactive participation is the norm.

Lecture Session 2009-2010
Room KA-027
Lecture schedule

Week 1

24 Sept 09

Introduction to Professional and Legal Issues in IS/IT.

 

Intellectual Property - Copyright

Intellectual Property – Trademarks

Intellectual Property – Patents

Reading – Who needs to be a Professional?
   
 
Week 2

1 Oct 09

Intellectual Property Rights – Foley and Fitzpatrick

Professional and Legal Issues in IS/IT – Continuous Assessment Assignment No 1.

 

 

 

 

 

Professional Institutions

Professional codes of ethics

Professional ethics in computing by Dr.David Sinclair.  Link to Teaching and scroll to Professional Ethics.

IEEE-CS/ACM - Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practice

BCS Codes of Conduct and Practice

The ethics continuum

Important general information for all students. Regularly
visit the course website and link to current students at
 
http://www.comp.dit.ie/dt249/
 

The Patents Office Journal

http://www.patentsoffice.ie/PDF%20Documents/2098.pdf

Visit the DIT Library website and link to databases on the left.  Become familiar with resources like ACM, IEEE, OED, British Standards Online and similar.

Crafting a Research Paper

 

During this coming week access the British Standards Online at the DIT Library database link and download:

BS EN ISO 9000:2005 Quality management systems. Fundamentals and vocabulary

BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality management systems. Requirements

BS ISO/IEC 90003:2004 Software engineering. Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2000 to computer software

Week 3

8 Oct

 

IS Risk Management

Introduction to legal issues for the IS professional

 

It will be necessary for you to formally declare that all material that you submit for this module is your own work.  This will require you to complete and sign the following Declaration of own work.

 

Class assignment (individual)

For an organisation that you are familiar with use a PESTLE analysis to identify the business and IT  continuity risks that the organisation needs to manage.

 
 
 
 
Access the DIT Library website and from Databases link to IEEE Xplore site (IEEE/IET Electronic Library) and download the following:
  • Software Risk Management: Principles and Practices by Barry Boehm
  • A copy of Boehm's spiral model

 

Week 4

15 Oct

 

Computer misuse
Irish Courts System
Handout .pdf
Slides      .ppt  .pdf
 
 
Week 5

22 Oct

Sarbane-Oxley act of 2002 and the IT professional

 

Data Protection and Legislation in Ireland

 
Data Subject's Rights
Data Controller's Obligations
Data Protection in the Telecommunications Sector 
 
Website of the Data Protection Commissioner

 

 
Data Protection

 

Week 6

29 Oct

 

 

Research Exercises were completed in the lab. last night relating to:
  • Outsourcing - Venkatraman exercise, International standards.
  • IT Ethics
Please bring printouts of the research sources that you identified to the lecture tonight.

Assignment No 1 due tonight.

Week 7

5 Nov

 

 

Ethics Frameworks
Week 8

12 Nov

Audit  
Week 9

19 Nov

 

 

 

 
Week 10

26 Nov

 

   
Week 11

3 Dec

   

 

Week 12

10 Dec

 

 

 
Week 13

17 Dec

Review Week.

 

 

 
  Christmas  
  Christmas  
  Christmas  
Week 14 Examinations commence 11 January 2010  

Week 15

Examinations continue.  

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