SOCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL
ISSUES
Jasleen D. Otinez
Instructor
Learning Objectives
Intoduction to Social and Professional
Issues
Discuss the expectation of the
course subject
Describe the meaning of Social
Issues
Identify what are Social Issues
Describe the meaning of Professional
Issues
Identify what are Professional Issues
INTRODUCTION
A good place to start with this course is to
look at the reasons why we should look
into social issues and professional practice
(SIPP) at all. To facilitate this, we look at a
few scenarios, some of which are
distinctly within the scope of SIPP, and
one that sounds like it, but is not.
Hopefully, these typical questions
illustrate to you the diverse character of
ethical issues, which include, among
others, property rights, privacy, free
speech, and professional ethics.
• In the last two decades of the 20th century and
the first decade of the 21st, increasing chip power
resulted in a dramatic enhancement of micro-
computing power. Since the mid1980s,
microcomputers could no longer be conceived of in
isolation: they were linked up in networks, with
increasing mobility, on the basis of portable
computers (and later mobile phones). • Into the
2010s, storage capacity was so cheap and
computing power increased enough, that the time
of Big Data commenced, where massive amounts of
data are analyzed algorithmically to find patterns.
Such data may have been collected on purpose for
it, such as the measurements to compute the black
hole image and brain scan image analyses, or ‘on
the side’ initially and then exploited and collected
on purpose, such as online user behavior
Big Data
Big Data has no single definition, but there are
either 3 Vs or 5 Vs associated with it: Volume,
Velocity, and Variety, to which Veracity, and
Value have been added more recently. That is,
respectively: the huge amounts of data, the
speed at which they are generated, the
different types of formats of the data, the
trustworthiness of that data, and the money
one can make with it
What is Social and Professional
Issues in Information Technology?
It examines changing nature of work,
education, and communication, and
ethical issues such as intellectual
property rights, legal issues in
computing, computer-related crimes,
privacy concerns, and public policy
issues.
Social Issues Professional
is a problem that Issues are areas of
affects many people debate about ethical
within a society. It is or practical conduct
a group of common that underpin good
problems in present professional practice.
day society and
ones that many
people strive to
solve. It is often the
consequence of
factors extending
beyond an
individual’s control.
Social Issues examples:
Online harassment
Cyber bullying
Defamation of Character
Identity Theft
Gaming Addiction
Health and Fitness
Education
Privacy
Unprotected access to personal data
Lack of safety regulations for data
processing
Professional Issues
Challenges Facing IT professionals:
Cybersecurity
Digital Transformation
Cloud Computing
Workload
Skills gaps
Budget
Leadership Support
Hiring
Career growth
1. value
2. professional
3. volume
4. volume
Social issues
