Course Title: Comply with IP, ethics and privacy policies in ICT environments

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2022

Course Code: BUSM8884C

Course Title: Comply with IP, ethics and privacy policies in ICT environments

School: 520T Future Technologies

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4410 - Certificate IV in Information Technology

Course Contact: Luke Eberbach

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4381

Course Contact Email: luke.eberbach@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to comply with the protection and lawful use of intellectual property (IP) and to implement relevant organisational ethics and privacy policies.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

ICTICT451 Comply with IP, ethics and privacy policies in ICT environments

Element:

1. Establish organisational requirements to comply with IP, ethics and privacy policy procedures

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Locate types of existing and potential IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures within the organisation

1.2 Determine and access the organisation’s IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

1.3 Identify own role in protecting and fulfilling the requirements of the organisations IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures to avoid infringement of IP and privacy requirements

1.4 Provide support and advice to relevant personnel about the operations of the organisation’s IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

Element:

2. Evaluate and implement organisational IP, ethics and privacy policy procedures

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Monitor whether required personnel are abiding by organisational IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

2.2 Evaluate whether implemented IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures help prevent IP and privacy infringement

2.3 Assist with the maintenance, development and implementation of IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

2.4 Communicate potential risks and opportunities for improvement of IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures to relevant personnel

Element:

3. Contribute to non-compliance incident identification and recommendations

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Contribute to organisational risk assessment and identification process

3.2 Review internal and external non-compliance and intellectual property infringement incidents

3.3 Recommend actions to overcome non-compliance incidents to relevant personnel

3.4 Determine and report areas of potential risk and non-compliance to relevant personnel

Learning Outcomes


 On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

This course is run as a combination of - lectures and tutorials/workshops.

You will be provided an overview of the concepts and will need to review the learning materiel provided via Canvas to gain good understanding of the topics.

There will be classroom based scenario discussions, to help students apply what they have learnt about.

Students will also have to complete 3 assessments to showcase their understanding and skills acquired through the learning.



Teaching Schedule


Week

 Topic

 Assessment

 1

Introduction to Topic,
Overview of course and relevance workplace.
Introduction to concept of Ethics in ICT

Pre-learning Assessment

2

Develop concepts of Ethics through Scenarios

 

3

Intellectual Property - Part 1

 

4

Intellectual Property - Part 2

Pre-learning Assessment Due

5

IP Valuation

Knowledge Assessment (Assessment 1) due 

6

IP Audit

 

7

Copyright legislation; its interpretation and application

 

8

Copyright

Product Assessment (Assessment 2) due

9

Patent Legislation

 

 

Mid -semester break

 

10

Patents - Part 2

 

11

Trade Secrets 

 

12

Trade Secrets - Part 2

 

13

Trade Secrets - Part 3

 

14

Understanding basics of Privacy Act, 1988

Case Study Assessment (Assessment 3) due

15

Revision

 

16

Assignment Consultation

 

17 & 18

Review
Resubmissions

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.


Assessment Tasks

To be deemed competent students must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of this course and must achieve a satisfactory standard in each assessment. Assessment methods have been designed to measure student's competency in each course over multiple tasks.

There are 3 assessments that students will need to complete and be marked Satisfactory on in order to successfully complete this unit. These are as listed below:

  • Knowledge Assessment (Assignment 1)
  • Product Assessment (Assignment 2)
  • Case Study based Assessment (Assignment 3)


Assessment Matrix

Mapping Assessments to the Unit of Competency


Element

Performance criteria

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment 1: Knowledge Assessment

Assessment 2: Product Assessment

Assessment 3: Case-study based Assessment

 

1. Establish organisational requirements to comply with IP, ethics and privacy policy procedures

1.1 Locate types of existing and potential IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures within the organisation

Q8-10

Task 1

 

 

1.2 Determine and access the organisation’s IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

 

Q8-10

Task 2

 

1.3 Identify own role in protecting and fulfilling the requirements of the organisations IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures to avoid infringement of IP and privacy requirements

 

Q11 -13


 

1.4 Provide support and advice to relevant personnel about the operations of the organisation’s IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

 

 

Task 4 - 6

 

Part B – Task 2

 

 

2. Evaluate and implement organisational IP, ethics and privacy policy procedures

2.1 Monitor whether required personnel are abiding by organisational IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

Q14

 

Part B – Task 1 and 2

2.2 Evaluate whether implemented IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures help prevent IP and privacy infringement

 

Task 4 and

Task 5

 

2.3 Assist with the maintenance, development and implementation of IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

 

Task 1 - 6

Part B – Task 2

2.4 Communicate potential risks and opportunities for improvement of IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures to relevant personnel

 

Task 5

Part B – Task 1 and Task 2

3. Contribute to non-compliance incident identification and recommendations

3.1 Contribute to organisational risk assessment and identification process

 

Task 5

Part B - Task 1

3.2 Review internal and external non-compliance and intellectual property infringement incidents

 

Task 3

Part B - Task 1

3.3 Recommend actions to overcome non-compliance incidents to relevant personnel

 

Task 6

Part B - Task 2

3.4 Determine and report areas of potential risk and non-compliance to relevant personnel

 

Task 3 and Task 5

Part B - Task 1

 

Foundation Skills – This section is only completed when foundation are explicitly stated in the unit of competency. In most Training Packages the foundation skills are integrated into the unit of competency and this is clearly stated.

Foundation skill

 

Description

 

Describe how each foundation skill is demonstrated through the relevant assessment

Oral communication
  • Provides information using language and terminology required for audience.

Oral communication demonstrated in:

A1: Seek clarification on assessment questions with teacher.

A2: Discuss policy and procedure documents with others.

A3: Discuss approach to case-study with others in team.

 
  • Obtains information from others by listening and questioning

Reading
  • Selects, interprets, synthesises and critically analyses information required for compliance with IP, ethics and privacy policies.

Reading skills demonstrated in:

 A1: Researching and recording information for answering questions.

A2: Reading policy and procedure documents.

A3: Reading and understanding the Case-study.

 

Writing
  • Records information in accordance with requirements.

Writing skills demonstrated in:

 A1: Recording answers to assessment questions.

A2: Writing discussion paper on enhancing policy and procedure documents.

A3: Writing reports for the Case-study.
  • Develops texts using language required for audience needs.

 

Planning and organising
  • Plans and implements a range of tasks directly related to own role, seeking assistance where required

Planning and organising skills demonstrated in:

 A1: Researching and planning answers to assessment questions.

A2: Planning and assisting with implementation of policy and procedure documents as part of a team.

A3: Planning and implementing reports for the Case-study.


Self-management
  • Takes responsibility for adhering to legal and regulatory compliance with respect to own work

Self-mamangememt skills demonstrated in:

 A1: Taking responsibility to complete all answers to assessment questions by due date.

A2: Taking responsibility to complete assigned tasks in preparing/enhancing policy and procedure documents.

A3: Taking responsibility to complete assigned tasks in the Case-study.

 

 

Performance Evidence 

 

Assessment 1: Knowledge Assessment

Assessment 2: Product Assessment

Assessment 3: Case-study based Assessment

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

 







 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

evaluate and implement at least three different types of intellectual property (IP) within an organisation

 


Part A - Task 1

assist, on at least two occasions, with the development and implementation of organisational IP, ethics and privacy policy and procedures

 

Task 4

Part B - Task 1 and 2

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

  • assist with maintenance of organisational IP, ethics and privacy policy procedures.

 

 

Task 4 and Task 5






Part B - Task 2

review potential risks and non-compliance incidents.

 

Task 4 

Part B - Task 1

contribute to the development of non-compliance incident recommendations

 

Task  and Task 5

Part B - Task 2

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