Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Unit Code MN501
Unit Title Network Management in Organisations
Term, Year Term-1, 2017
Assessment Type Assignment-2
Assessment Title Essay and Power Point on Ethical issues
Purpose of the assessment (with ULO Mapping) The purpose of this assignment is to develop skills in research, critical analysis and academic writing of high standard. In this assignment students will:
• Identify potential ethical and social issues related to IT administration ethics.
• Discuss ethical and social issues pertaining to IT systems’-` administration.
• Interpret professional codes of ethics developed by various industry bodies.
• Discuss ethical behaviour in accordance with professional codes.
• Explain ethical solutions to ensure that the society benefits.
Students must be able to generate ideas at abstract levels and support their arguments with strong reasoning. Students must strengthen critical thinking skills by answering the assignment.
Weight 20%
Total Marks 50
Word limit 800 - 1500
Due Date Essay and PowerPoint: Week-11 Friday 00.00 Hrs.
Submission Guidelines • All work must be submitted on Moodle by the due date along with a completed Assignment Cover Page.
• The assignment must be in MS Word format, 1.5 spacing, 11-pt Calibri (Body) font and 2 cm margins on all four sides of your page with appropriate section headings.
• Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using IEEE referencing style.
Extension • If an extension of time to submit work is required, a Special Consideration Application must be submitted directly to the School's Administration Officer, in Melbourne on Level 6 or in Sydney on Level 7. You must submit this application three working days prior to the due date of the assignment. Further information is available at:
http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/specialconsiderationdeferment
Academic Misconduct
• Academic Misconduct is a serious offence. Depending on the seriousness of the case, penalties can vary from a written warning or zero marks to exclusion from the course or rescinding the degree. Students should make themselves familiar with the full policy and procedure available at: http://www.mit.edu.au/about-mit/institute-publications/policies-procedures-and-guidelines/Plagiarism-Academic-Misconduct-Policy-Procedure. For further information, please refer to the Academic Integrity Section in your Unit Description.
Assignment Description
A) Write an essay on one of the following topics. 800 – 1000 words 20 Marks
B) Prepare a PowerPoint presentation based on the above essay. 4 – 6 Slides 20 Marks

For referencing, use IEEE guidelines, but consistently.
Your topic is the one listed below based on the last digit of your student ID at MIT.
Topics:
Ethical issues related to the content available over the Internet 4 or 9
Marking criteria:
For the essay and the presentation content marks are allocated as follows as:
Aspects to be included in each answer Description of the section %
Introduction Introduce the ethical issues 10
Identification Identify the most important ethical issues 20
Analyse Analyse above identified issues 20
Evaluate/justification Evaluate the issues and write justification of your evaluation 20
Conclusion Write clear conclusion 20
Reference style Follow APA or IEEE reference style 10
Total 100
Marks Assigned:
Aspects Essay PowerPoint Presentation Comments
Introduction /2 /2 /1
Identification /4 /4 /2
Analyse /4 /4 /2
Evaluate/justification /4 /4 /2
Conclusion /4 /4 /2
Reference style /2 /2 /1
Total /20 /20 /10

Marking Rubric for Assignment-1: Total Marks 50
Grade
Mark HD
80-100% DI
70-79% CR
60-69% P
50-59% Fail
50%
Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Introduction
All topics are pertinent and covered in depth. Ability to think critically and source material is demonstrated Topics are relevant and soundly analysed. Generally relevant and analysed. Some relevance and briefly presented. This is not relevant to the assignment topic.
Identification
Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated excellent ability to think critically but did not source reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and sourced reference material appropriately Demonstrated ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately Did not demonstrate ability to think critically and did not source reference material appropriately
Analyse
Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed
Evaluate/justification
Excellent use of creditable sources. Accurate referencing. Obvious that outstanding effort made Extremely good effort Good effort made but not outstanding Made some effort. For example, Web searches only Very little attempt to reference. Lazy effort with inaccuracies
Conclusion
Logic is clear and easy to follow with strong arguments Consistency logical and convincing Mostly consistent logical and convincing Adequate cohesion and conviction Argument is confused and disjointed
Reference style
Clear styles with excellent source of references. Clear referencing style Generally good referencing style Sometimes clear referencing style Lacks consistency with many errors