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1st Sit Coursework 1 Question Paper: Spring Semester 2025

Module Code: Related Post 6BU020+Assessment+Brief++202425 June 9, 2025 Individual Assignment Rubrics V1 (1) June 9, 2025 Individual Case Assignment Brief V11 (1) June 9, 2025 Individual Assignment Rubrics V1 (1) June 9, 2025 CS5071NP Module Title: Professional and Ethical Issues Module Leader: Ms. Pratibha Gurung Tutor: Mr. Achyut Parajuli Tutor: Mr. Shailendra Paudel

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Plagiarism Notice

You are reminded that there exist regulations concerning plagiarism.

Extracts from University Regulations on Cheating, Plagiarism and Collusion

Section 2.3: “The following broad types of offense can be identified and are provided as indicative examples:

i.Cheating: including copying coursework.

ii.Falsifying data in experimental results.

iii.Impersonation, where a substitute takes an examination or test on behalf of the candidate. Both candidate and substitute may be guilty of an offense under these Regulations. iv.Bribery or attempted bribery of a person thought to have some influence on the candidate’s assessment.

v.Collusion to present joint work as the work solely of one individual.

vi.Plagiarism, where the work or ideas of another are presented as the candidate’s own. vii.Other conduct calculated to secure an advantage on assessment.

viii. Assisting in any of the above.

Some notes on what this means for students:

● Copying another student’s work is an offense, whether from a copy on paper or from a computer file, and in whatever form the intellectual property being copied takes, including text, mathematical notation and computer programs.

● Taking extracts from published sources without attribution is an offense. To quote ideas, sometimes using extracts, is generally to be encouraged. Quoting ideas is achieved by stating an author’s argument and attributing it, perhaps by quoting, immediately in the text, his or her name and year of publication, e.g. ” e = mc2 (Einstein 1905)”.

● A reference section at the end of your work should then list all such references in alphabetical order of authors’ surnames. (There are variations on this referencing system which your tutors may prefer you to use.)

● If you wish to quote a paragraph or so from published work then indent the quotation on both left and right margins, using an italic font where practicable, and introduce the quotation with an attribution.

Further information in relation to the existing London Metropolitan University regulations concerning plagiarism can be obtained from https://student.londonmet.ac.uk/your studies/student-administration/rules-and-regulations/academic-regulations/

Individual Coursework — 2024 (Weighting 100% of the module)

Write a minimum 3000 words report, in your own words, on the following case scenario. You can exceed up to 3500 but not more than that.

Scenario

A significant data breach at Capital One, a well-known financial services provider, in 2019 affected more than 100 million US consumers and 6 million Canadian customers. Due to a misconfigured web application firewall in Capital One’s cloud architecture, confidential client data was accessed without authorization by Paige Thompson, a former software engineer at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Social Security numbers, bank account information, and other personal data were among the compromised data. The breach was not detected for several months after it happened, until July 2019. After the event, Capital One was hit with harsh legal repercussions, which included paying a $190 million settlement to compensate impacted customers and a $80 million fine.

The use of cloud technology, while offering scalability and efficiency, also introduced new vulnerabilities that were exploited in this breach. This incident raises critical questions about the role of technology in data security and the responsibilities of those who manage it.

Questions: Include in your report:

● Introduction and background of the scandal, include citations in the text (10%) ● Social issues, include citations in the text (15%)

● Ethical issues, include citations in the text (15%)

● Legal issues, include citations in the text (10%)

● Professional issues, include citations in the text (15%)

● Conclusion and Personal Reflection on what could be your choice or your perspective as per Professional Ethics guidelines? Explain according to the methodology of taking an ethical decision. (10%)

● Citations and Referencing (As per Harvard Referencing guidelines), NOTE: Must be from different valid sources as per the academic research guidelines. (10%)

● The other 5% of the marks will be awarded for: essay structure; grammar and punctuations; proper header and footer; correct spelling; (5%)

● The final 10% of the marks will be awarded for a final presentation and viva session that will be conducted after the coursework submission (10%)

Include following paragraphs while writing the report

● Paragraph[s] on Introduction

● Paragraph[s] on Background of the scandal

● Paragraph[s] on Social issues

● Paragraph[s] on Ethical issues

● Paragraph[s] on Legal issues

● Paragraph[s] on Professional issues

● Paragraph[s] on Conclusion and Personal Reflection

● Reference[s] following the Harvard Referencing Format Guidelines.

Note: The total word count (3000 words) should include all the paragraphs listed above; excluding the referencing section.

Marking criteria:

Include following formatting guidelines while writing the report

● Appropriate cover page provided in MST Classroom

● Table of content with correct page numbering

● Table of figures if any

● Header: Subject name and subject code

● Footer: Student ID and page number

● Font: Times New Roman

● Font Color: Black (Automatic) RGB(0,0,0)

● Font Size for heading: 14 Bold

● Font Size for paragraph: 12

● Font Size for Figure naming: 11 Italic

● Line Spacing: 1.5

MILESTONE BREAKDOWN:

Milestone 1 (Week 7):

● Introduction and background of the scandal, include citations in the text (10%) ● Social issues, include citations in the text (15%)

● Ethical issues, include citations in the text (15%)

Milestone 2 (Week 10)

● Legal issues, include citations in the text (10%)

● Professional issues, include citations in the text (15%)

● Conclusion and Personal Reflection on what could be your choice or your perspective as per Professional Ethics guidelines? Explain according to the methodology of taking an ethical decision. (10%)

● Citations and Referencing (As per Harvard Referencing guidelines), NOTE: Must be from different valid sources as per the academic research guidelines. (10%)

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