Type: | Undergraduate Subject |
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Code: | COLB12-110 |
EFTSL: | 0.125 |
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Credit: | 10 |
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Description
Emergent digital processes and virtual spaces create new business and governance opportunities and risks. This subject introduces a range of challenges related to trust, privacy, ethics and governance, which arise from digitally-mediated practices.
Using a case-based approach, students will analyse significant controversies from a range of disciplines. Topics to be canvassed may evolve as the technological landscape develops and, in light of what is topical at any given time, may include the legal and ethical issues surrounding such matters as: data privacy, and the collection, processing and use of personal data; the protection of intellectual property rights in areas such as computer programs, new inventions and designs through patent, copyright, and design protection; cybersecurity and cybercrime; issues surrounding the rise of algorithms, including through blockchain/distributed ledger technology; the rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning; and the potential liability of social networks over the spread of sensitive or inaccurate information.
This subject prepares students not just to understand the ramifications of an organisations’ digital practices, but more broadly to assist organisations in producing strategies and solutions for effective economic, political, and social processes.
Subject details
Learning outcomes
- Explain the role of ethics and trust in the digital society.
- Identify the range of legal issues relevant to an organisation’s practices with regard to personal data and privacy.
- Describe the various ways that the law protects new creations.
- Identify and discuss emerging legal and ethical issues in the digital landscape.
- Critically analyse an existing or hypothetical problem arising from a range of topics and evaluate potential courses of conduct in light of relevant legal and ethical principles.
Enrolment requirements
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Assumed knowledge: |
Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.
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Subject outlines
- May 2024 [Standard - Trust and Privacy in the Digital Age]
- May 2023 [Standard - Trust, Privacy, Law and Ethics in the Digital Age]
- May 2022 [Standard - Trust, Privacy, Law and Ethics in the Digital Age]
- May 2021 [Standard - Trust, Privacy, Law and Ethics in the Digital Age]
- May 2020 [Standard - Trust, Privacy, Law and Ethics in the Digital Age]
Subject dates
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May 2024
Standard Offering Enrolment opens: 17/03/2024 Semester start: 13/05/2024 Subject start: 13/05/2024 Last enrolment: 26/05/2024 Teaching census: 07/06/2024 Withdraw - Financial: 08/06/2024 Withdraw - Academic: 29/06/2024
Standard Offering | |
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Enrolment opens: | 17/03/2024 |
Semester start: | 13/05/2024 |
Subject start: | 13/05/2024 |
Last enrolment: | 26/05/2024 |
Teaching census: | 07/06/2024 |
Withdraw - Financial: | 08/06/2024 |
Withdraw - Academic: | 29/06/2024 |