CIS 316 Week 1: Case Study

CIS 235 HW1

Case 1
1. The ethical issues I found in this case were that the group needed to separate the group project into equal parts to make their project faster and more fair. Everyone should try their best to do each part well, it can make their group project smooth and to avoid affect the group project progress. Everyone felt likes they were doing well all the work, however as the semester continued, everyone was becoming busier then hold up the work.
2. Yes, Tom act in an ethical manner when he presented his opinion to professor, because he told the truth in his evaluation. In the beginning of the semester, each group member agreed they needed to finish their task, so no matter what happened, they should finish their part to make sure the group project progress.
3. In my opinion, the professor should meet with each group member to ask them why their evaluations’ situations were different. The

From this case, I understand I must finish my own assignment totally by my own and did not modify the other homework even just some parts. When I had some problems don’t understand, I’d better ask professor or tutor.

Case 3
1. The ethical issues I found in this case were a group project copy the other group work which was in the previous semester. One of their team member took the same class in the last semester then he just used his previous work in his new team work.
2. Ben was wrong. He shouldn’t use his previous group work in new semester. Because this group project was made by the other group members in the last semester too, it was not all he did. If their group used this work, it equivalent to copy the other’s assignment and this behavior doesn’t respect another group members’ effort.
3. I don’t think Ben offer everyone with the code was ethical, because this is a group project produced by another group, if he offers the code then his group member would used them in his new group, it equivalent to copy the other assignment, so it is