FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS QUALIFICATION: BACHELOR OF INFORMATICS; BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE; BACHELOR IN CYBERSECURITY QUALIFICATION CODE: 07BAIT; 07BCMS; 07BCCY NQF LEVEL: 7 Course: Ethics for Computing COURSE CODE: EFC621S DUE DATE: 9 September 2022 TOTAL MARKS: 100 ASSESSMENT: Group Assignment 1 EXAMINERS: Dr Munyaradzi Maravanyika Mrs T. Chikohora INSTRUCTIONS Answer all questions 1. Penalties for plagiarism will be applied as per policy 2. Group sizes should be between 3 and 5 students 3. Submit your answers in a file named surname student# (e.g., VanPerson222908122) via the submission link provided on eLearning /Moodle. 4. Write the student numbers, names of all the group members on the cover page of your submission. Scenario 1 [25 marks] Use the five-step decision-making process to analyse the following situation and recommend a course of action: You are in charge of granting all computer hardware service contracts for your employer, which are worth more than $30 million annually. You casually indicated that you were seeking to buy a new car and that you particularly liked the Audi automobile but that it was very expensive in recent emails with the company's current service provider. You are taken aback when the service provider texts you the phone number of the sales manager at a nearby Audi dealership and advises you to call him. The service provider claims that because of his close friendship with the dealership's owner, he will be able to offer you a fantastic price on a new Audi. Could it appear that you were asking for a bribe if your manager saw a copy of the texts you sent to the contractor? Could you classify this offer as a bribe? How would you respond? Scenario 2 [25 marks] Do you think that in order to give developing nations a chance to enter the information age more quickly, software developers should be understanding of the practise of software piracy there? If not, why not? End of Assignment

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