Course Description:
This course presents different concepts of cyber law and ethics for IT professionals and IT
Organizations. This course also presents different concepts related to intellectual properties and
their protections, privacy, and social networking issues.
Course Objectives:
The primary objective of this course is to provide knowledge of cyber law, privacy protection,
intellectual property protection, and ethics for IT professionals and IT organizations.
Course Contents:
1: An Overview of Ethics, Ethics for IT Workers and IT Users
Ethics, Ethics in the Business World; Corporate Social Responsibility; Fostering Corporate
Social Responsibility and Good Business Ethics; Improving Business Ethics; Ethical
Considerations in Decision Making; Ethics in Information Technology; Managing IT Worker
Relationship; Encouraging Professionalism of IT Workers - Professional Codes of Ethics,
Professional Organizations, Certifications and Licensing ; Encouraging Ethical Use of IT
Resources among Users
2: Cyber Law
Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences
Cyber Law and Professional Ethics
Course Code: INSY414
Course Instructor: Ms D.Mawoyo 0775656105
E-mail: delight.mawoyo@staff.msuas.ac.zwProvision of Cyber Law in Zimbabwe. Data privacy legislation, and Zimbabwean laws relating
to the professional use of computer systems. Criminal law relating to networked computer use
such as online fraud, including new Anti-Terrorism legislation; and their application.
3: Contract Law
Focus on vendor-client contracts, and related issues. Health & Safety issues. Computer-based
Projects, including the vendor-client relationship and professional responsibilities, and examples
of real-life contracts that have exposed vendor or supplier to unacceptable commercial risks.
4: Privacy and Freedom of Expression
Privacy Protection and the Law - Information Privacy, Privacy Laws, Applications, and Court
Rulings; Key Privacy and Anonymity Issues - Consumer Profiling, Electronic Discovery,
Workplace Monitoring, Surveillance; First Amendment Rights; Freedom Expressions: Key
Issues; Social Networking Ethical Issues
5: Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property, Copyright; Patient; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property Issues: Plagiarism,
Reverse Engineering, Open Source Code, Competitive Intelligence, Trademark Infringement,
and Cybersquatting
6: Ethical Decision in Software Development and Ethics of IT Organizations
Software Quality and its Importance; Strategies for Developing Quality Software; Use of
Contingent Workers; H-18 Workers; Outsourcing; Whistle-Blowing; Green Computing
Recommended Books:
1. Ethics in Information Technology, Sixth Edition, George W. Reynolds"
2. Ethics and Technology: Controversies, Questions, and Strategies for Ethical Computing,
Fifth Edition, Herman T. Tavani, John Wiley and Sons, 2Arc. A
3. Ethics for Information Age, Eighth Edition, Michael J. Quinn, Pearson
4. Cyber and Data Protection in Zimbabwe [Chapter 21:07]

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