Ethics and Legalities

📗 Task(s)

In groups of (see teacher for group size), your task is to create a skit that involves an ethical issue (chosen from below) and legal repercussions related to it. The issues need to revolve around computing technologies. Ensure your skit clearly shows:

• The ethical issue
• How to resolve it
• Any alternatives/safeguards that you could use to protect against such issues in the future
• Any legal repercussions that could occur

You will present your skit to the class and it must be between 5 and 10 minutes in length. Ensure your skit is safe for everyone to participate in and to view.

Ethical Topic(s)

See your teacher for topic choices and group sizes. Each group will need to have a different topic. Below are some sample topics:

• Music and video file downloading
• Spyware
• Identity theft
• Phishing
• Keystroke logging
• Packet sniffing
• Biometric data
• Effective passwords
• Firewalls
• Secure websites

Due Dates and Submission Details

Please see the due dates page for more details on when this is due and how to submit your work.

Learning Goals and Success Criteria

The Overarching Learning Goal for this is Digital Citizenship. The specific learning goal(s) for this include:

• We are learning to promote legal and ethical uses of computing technology.

Success Criteria	Look Fors
I can describe legal and ethical issues related to the use of computers. 📗	* able to clearly identify multiple legal issues, * able to clearly identify multiple ethical issues, * can clearly differentiate between legal and ethical issues, * issues are specific to the topic and not generic in nature
I can describe safeguards for preventing the unethical use of computers. 📗	* clear strategies demonstrated, * strategies relate to ethical issues shown, * multiple solutions provided