social, ethical or legal issues that face information technology professionals


 There are many social, ethical or legal issues that face information technology professionals.  Some of these issues may directly impact a project on which you are working.

Select an issue.   Find a recent article (within the last year) about the issue you have selected.   To get you started I’ve provided a list of topics, but there are certainly additional that you might want to consider so this should not be considered an exhaustive list.

  • Misinformation
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Privacy/misuse of personal information.
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Net neutrality
  • Intellectual Property theft
  • Patents
  • Digital Transformation
  • Big Data usage