The purpose of this assignment is to analyze a current events article (i.e., only one) that you
may choose from any online current periodical, trade magazine, or other electronic publication
about a global digital ethical issue. While this assignment will increase your knowledge in that
subject area from a corporation viewpoint and enable you to analyze digital ethical issues of a
current GLOBAL situation or event, it will also help enhance your research and writing skills, as
well as your critical-thinking abilities.
Start by selecting one current IT related online article (2017 sources or later) about a global
ethical issue. Note that this assignment is not a general essay about the topic selected, it must
be about the current event article that you have selected. In addition, please note that while
articles from journals may be of interest, they are ultimately too long and involved for this
assignment – it is best to find an article from the World Wide Web from a trade magazine, or
other electronic publication. Provide the source citation that is in compliance with the American
Psychological Association (APA) formatting rules, as well as the persistent URL – one that
anyone can click on to re-access the original article.
The following elements must be addressed:
Summarize the whole article by all of its key or salient points. It may help if you use bullets to
note the salient points of the article, as you read through it. A summary is desired, not just the
“thrust’ of the article.
Analyze the multi-national and global ethical aspects of the article – what is the impact or what
is the importance of the information in the article and what are the ethical issues connected to
the situation or event?
Determine three critically important questions not otherwise included in the article that you
would like to address to the author regarding the article – you are not expected to answer the
questions!
