First Day Lesson Plan

AP Computer Science / Mr. Lee

Business Ethics Assignment:

Research and answer the following questions. 1. Save this file in your Z://852YourUserName/APcompSci/ folder. 2. Rename the file as follows, Ethics_08JohnSmith.doc where 08 is your workstation number and JohnSmith is your full name. 3. Use Google Search Engine and Dictionary.com along with other Internet resources. 4. Type all answers on this page 5. Once you have completed your work, print out and hand in.

1. Define Ethics: definition here… consider using www.dictionary.com

2. In your own words, what are Business Ethics? 3-5 sentences here…

3. Find a recent article regarding a violation of business ethics (a scandal, breach of contract, or lawsuit for example) and write about it here; 5-6 sentences here… URL source you used here…

4. Lastly, discuss the issue of illegal software copying and “cracked copies” downloaded without payment to the software development company. Sight URL source you used here for article about software piracy and its effect on the software industry.

Think about how this would affect you if you worked long hours developing the software. Think about the impact on your software company’s bottom line due to lost sales when illegal copies of your software are made and used.

Write a 5-6 sentence synopsis on your lost income due to software piracy. How does this knowledge change the way you feel about downloading “cracked copies” of software?

When you have completed the above assignment, replace the instructions at the top with your name, course, class period, and date. Print assignment and hand in.

Thanks, Mr. Lee

Abraham Lincoln: When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. Buddha: Neither fire nor wind - birth nor death can erase our good deeds. Mark Twain: Always do right-this will gratify some and astonish the rest. Plato: Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. Thomas Paine: He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. Dr. Samuel Johnson: The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Thomas Babington Macaulay: The measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out. Unknown: AP Computer Science / Mr. Lee

In this world everything changes except good deeds and bad deeds; these follow you as the shadow follows the body.