D1 Compare Legal, Ethical and Operational Issues that may affect organisations

Distinction 1

Compare how two issues from each of the criteria affect two different organisations ( Public, Private, Non - Profit)

Complete the comparison in a table.

For a distinction criterion D1, evidence must include a comparison of at least two criteria for each of the legal, ethical and operational issues and how they affect at least two different organisation types.

The Private Sector

An easier way to think of the private sector is by thinking of organizations that are not owned or operated by the government. For example, retail stores, credit unions, and local businesses will operate in the private sector.The private sector is usually composed of organizations that are privately owned and not part of the government. These usually includes corporations (both profit and non-profit), partnerships, and charities.

The Public Sector

Some examples of public bodies in Canada and the United Kingdom are educational bodies, health care bodies, police and prison services, and local and central government bodies and their departments.The public sector is usually composed of organizations that are owned and operated by the government. This includes federal, provincial, state, or municipal governments, depending on where you live. Privacy legislation usually calls organizations in the public sector a public body or a public authority.

Unit 2 Information Systems - P3 Report

The complete report on how Legislation, Ethical Issues & Operational Issues impact organisations.

Submit the assignment on Edmodo.

https://www.edmodo.com/post/167362925

P3 - Operational Issues

Operational Issues (main heading)
Part 3 or your report on the issues related to the use of information this is added to the information on Legislation and Ethics

Security of information (e.g. backups - Companies should make frequent backups of information in case of problems)

Health and safety (e.g. processes, procedures, regulations)

Health & Safety at work act 1974

Organisational policies - An organisation's policies may have a significant effect on how it treats information.

Strong Hierarchy - may operate on a need to know basis.
Decentralised - staff at one location may not have access to certain files.

Costs (e.g. for development, modification, training, system upgrades)

Additional Resources - new equipment purchase & installation, training.

Development - when budgeting for a news system.

Continuance Planning - A Business Continuance Plan is put in place to plan how the business will continue if this go wrong.

P3 Ethical Issues

The second part of the report for P3- Understand the issues related to use of information  focuses on the ethical issues that businesses face when dealing with information.

Ethical issues:

• Codes of Practice (e.g. email, internet, internal policies, intellectual property, content)

sample code of practice http://www.businessballs.com/codeofpractice.htm

sample email code of practice http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/static/5007/arpdf/emailcode.pdf

• Examples of Ethical Issues (e.g. moral, whistle blowing, disability, use of information)

• Other (e.g. reporting bad practice or breaches).

P3 Legislation (lesson 3)

Final lesson on Legislation part of report (part 1 of 3)

Remember that for each law you should:

• Explain the law - Give the technical details of the law what is consists of.
• Impact of the law - What does it mean for businesses? (this is the most important part)
• The Law in Action - An example of the law being used, did someone get prosecuted

You do not need a conclusion yet for the report as it is part of the report not the whole thing.