Information systems

From a young age children are taught that lying and trickery don 't come without consequences. A common theme in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is also one of Victor Frankenstein’s fatal flaws: lies and deceit in the form of secrecy. Victors biggest secret was his attempt to cover up the creation of the creature. His choice to keep this secret not only affected him and the people around him, but also affected the creature in a negative way. Victor began to keep his work hidden after he started to…

is life without technology? We live in a world where technology is developing even as we speak. It is important to understand the knowledge of information technology as well as keeping up to date with various changes that are always developing. It is continuously changing in the business community and I wish to be a part of these changes. Studying information technology for many years, I have grown to enjoy the subject. Although, part of the course is fairly demanding, I relish in working under…

I can imagine that people would not want to help you if you don’t trust them and feel the need to spy on them. The debate of whether what Edward Snowden did was the right or wrong thing also seems kind of up in the air. Obviously releasing the information that he did got the U.S. government into quite a bit of trouble with other countries and angered many of its own citizens, but are the government’s actions of disregarding the rights of the people justified if it is for the sake of protecting…

When in May 2013, Edward Snowden disclosed information about the U.S. intelligence conducting controversial government surveillance activities to newspaper reporters, the US government accused him of violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Specifically, Snowden currently faces three criminal charges. The first charge falls under section 641 of the United State Code for theft of government property. The other two charges fall under the Espionage act section 793 (d) and section 798 (a)(3). These two…

Introduction In recent years, there was a growing demand for more and more communication; many facilities were made in this field in order to enable people from different cultures to easily interact with each other, thanks to technological advancements. This present chapter provides a clear overview of the concepts of communicative and pragmatic competence with all its components. Also, it accounts for cross-cultural communication and its different aspects. 1. 1. Communicative…

ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS: 1. What is the regulation or law that you would propose? Be very specific in the wording. (This will be your own idea and written in your own words). (20 points) Answer: After doing so much shopping online, I have decided to make a regulation regarding the theft of identities on websites and stores that are quite popular. I shop at Target, Home Depot, and even buy a lot of coffee at Starbucks and all of these companies have been hacked by identity thieves. Therefore,…

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were the first concepts that would come to my mind when thinking of the word literacy, therefore, I was shocked to read how “complex and multidimensional the concept of literacy”(Vacca, 2014, p. 12) has become. Computer literacy, digital literacy, information literacy, media literacy, and health literacy are just a few examples of this concept. As society’s ability to communicate has evolved, so has the concept of literacy. Astoundingly, literacy is as multifaceted and adaptive as the human…

is the indication of wrongdoing by someone. This paper focuses on the traditional form of whistleblowing by calling attention to governmental or organizational wrongdoing and some of the arguments for or against. When it comes to the release of information detailing unconstitutional government wrongdoing there can be people very much for it and some vehemently against it. There will be some who support the whistleblower and applaud their moral…

something that many people in my generation lack but is an important skill for us to learn to become successful assets to society in the future. Due to the fact that financial literacy is not something that is taught in ever public school education system, over half of the students in America would have no clue what to do in a finance class in college. If…