6. Discuss measures taken to avoid ethical problems that could arise in carrying out a Good Computinganalysis. Use the following table to help identify the pertinent topics
Collection | Analysis | Reporting |
Establish a client-professional relationship | All information, claims, and solutions need to be tested, triangulated, and validated | Intelligibility: check for coherence between problems and recommendation; prepare a clear executive summary; document and attribute; discuss and justify methodology |
Get client consent | Avoid misconduct. Three sins of academic integrity are plagiarism, falsification, and fabrication | Comprehensiveness: (a) scope out topic carefully; (b) avoid extremes of covering too much and too little; (c) be open about limits and boundaries of investigation |
Respect: listen to client, dress professionally, thank interviewee/client for time | Minimize bias and avoid loaded and complex questions | Objectivity and Impartiality: Be sure to report each stakeholder perspective |
Confidentiality: (a) explain how you are going to use information; (b) design measures to prevent unauthorized access; (c) destroy raw data after it has been analyzed | Triangulate, that is, use different methods to collect the same data to overcome limits and biases associated with each data collection method | Deliver bad news proactively by minimizing blame language, presenting solutions, and by providing clear and comprehensive justifications of recommentations |
7. A Reader's Guide: An annotated bibilography of materials that could provide the client with the detailed background to the Social Impact Analysis
8. A Methodological Appendix that includes the following:
- a) Rational for particular methods chosen
- b) Detailed and concrete descriptions of those methods
- c) Individual interviews should be noted respecting privacy and confidentiality
- d) Description of field observation including significant events looked for, significant events discovered, changes made in observation protocol, etc
- e) DLS or day-in-the-life-scenarios along with a rational for choice of perspectives and time frames, information from which they were complied (e.g., interviews, manuals, etc.), and finally, the detailed scenarios themselves.
9. Group Self-Evaluations
- Repeat Group Values and provide an objective assessment of how well these have been met during the semester.
- List Group Work Pitfalls and describe measures taken by your group during the semester to prevent or mitigate them. Assess objectively your success in preventing or mitigating them.
- Discuss the obstacles to successful group work that arose during the semester and the measures your group designed to overcome them. Objectively assess these measures. Would your group recommend these practices as "Best Practices" to other groups? Are they orignial? Robust?
- Evaluate how effectively the team members worked together referring to the "Team Member Evaluation Form" (See form and 10 crieteria just below)
Check List
- ____Group Goals (copy)
- ____Preliminary Topic Report (copy)
- ____Final GCR Presentation (copy in PowerPoint format or online display)
- ____Final GCR written report (10-20 pages) due on December 8, 2006
- ____Group Self-Evaluation including Team Member Rating Sheets
- ____Portfolio including Hughes Solution Evaluation Matrix, Virtue Table, and Right Table, and Presentation Evaluation Prepared by Instructor
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