Thursday, 26 September 2013

P3 Assignment Hand In Legislation (part 1 of 3)

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P3 Part 2 Ethical Issues

Add information on Ethical issues to your report, this is the second part of three that make up the full report.

Some of the Ethical Issues you need to cover

  • Codes of practice; Email, Internet, Internal Policies, intellectual property and content in the workplace.
Class looked at the different codes of practices for different organisations including Apple and spoke about what is included in the code of practice and how they relate to things like email and internet
  • Examples of ethical issues e.g. moral (honesty, accountability, integrity and dedication), whistle blowing (how will the organisation respond and protect those staff who inform of malpractice), Disability and use of information.
Class looked at the different moral issues that face organisations including equal opportunities and equality. Identified what whistle blowing is and how employees can be protected when they decide to blow the whistle.
Study the media for examples of ethical issues and whistle blowing, to see examples of staff who have reported malpractice.
  • Other
    (reporting bad practice or breaches in contracts whistle blowing)

Thursday, 19 September 2013

P3 Legislation Lesson 2

Complete the section on Legislation today (x4 lessons on the subject x1 on each law)

Make sure you talk about the IMPACT of the law on your chosen businesses (one of which is Logos R Us)

Give examples of when the laws have been used or companies have been prosecuted using the laws.

(remember to save your sources, add the addresses to your report for bibliography)

Links

http://www.teach-ict.com/ has information on the different laws, use the search feature.

Thursday, 12 September 2013

Unit 2 P3 - Legal Issues

To achieve P3 you need to create a report explaining the legal, ethical and operational issues that relate to collecting, processing and using information as well the impact this can have upon a range of organisations such as cost, procedures to put in place etc.


Some of the Legislation Issues you need to cover

  • Data Protection legislation (e.g. Data Protection Act 1998)
  • Freedom of Information Issues (e.g. Freedom of Information Act 2000)
  • Other relevant legislation (e.g. Computer Misuse Act 1990)
  • Copyright considerations(e.g. UK and international copyright law)