CS5805 Ethics and Governance of Digital Systems Assessment/Coursework for 2024/25

CS5805 Main Objective of the Assessment

The coursework for the Ethics and Governance module is an individual analysis and critical reflection on the individual, societal and organisational impact of a wide range of intelligent and digital technology systems with associated ethical, governance and regulatory issues, which form the focus of the assessment.

The coursework aims to assess the following learning outcomes (LOs):

LO1: Identify and appraise existing research related to the handling and governance of digital information;

LO2: Evaluate the legal, social and ethical concerns and consequences related to the use of digital systems
in practice;

LO3: Reflect critically on the governance implications of adopting digital technologies in the modern working environment and society.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSESSMENT

Reflective case study Essay

The requirement of the assessment for the Ethics and Governance module is to provide a reflective case study essay that includes:

1) a brief introduction with a clear statement of aim/argument; 2) a literature review; 3) a Case study description, 4) analysis and discussion, and 5) practical and policy reflections. The coursework draws on substantial independent research, which you will conduct throughout the semester.

The essay should explore a single case of your choice from one of the three cases below to critically analyse and reflect on the legal, social and ethical concerns/challenges associated with the design and adoption of AI and digital systems.

1.Introduction

Provide a brief introduction to your case study essay, providing some background which allows you to clearly present and justify the main aim/argument that you are seeking to address in your essay. You may draw on some of the selected peer-reviewed articles and module learning material as evidence, but you should leave the full review of the articles to the literature review section.

2.Literature review

You are required to search for and review recent literature on the use of a wide range of digital technologies relevant to your selected case study. Your literature review should analyse, synthesise and critically evaluate the ethical, governance and/or regulatory issues in the selected papers, providing a clear picture of the state of knowledge and gaps in existing research. The literature review should provide an excellent basis for developing a clear statement of the aim of your essay and analysis. You are required to review at least six peer reviewed articles and/or relevant conference papers.

3.Case Description

In this section of the coursework, you only need to select and work on one of the three cases below:

Case Description 1: To provide a description of the integration of ChatGPT into the high education settings to enhance personalised teaching and learning practices. Your source for this task is the paper by Adel et al.(2024), which is available under the

CS5805 Assessment tab on Brightspace. The aim of your description is to provide background information about:

a.The scope and benefits of deploying ChatGPT in the higher education settings.
b.Challenges and ethical issues associated with the integration of ChatGPT into the higher education teaching and learning practices.
c.Case studies used to illustrate the practical implementation of ChatGPT in various educational contexts.
d.Strategies and best practices for responsible integration of AI technologies into the higher education teaching and learning practices
Adel, A., Ahsan, A., & Davison, C. (2024). ChatGPT Promises and Challenges in Education: Computational and Ethical Perspectives. Education Sciences, 14(8), 814.

Case Description 2: To provide a description of the integration of ethical principles in the design and implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – enabled mobile health application to address critical ethical concerns. Your source for this task is the paper by Amugongo et al. (2023), which is available under the CS5805 Assessment tab on Brightspace.

The aim of your description is to provide background information about:

a.The benefits and challenges of AI-enabled mobile application in healthcare
b.Ethical concerns associated with the design, deployment and use of AI-enabled mobile health application in healthcare
c.Ethical framework for implementing an AI-ethics-enabled mobile health application
d.Approaches used to address the ethical issues in the design, development, testing and deployment of the AI-ethics-enabled mobile health application
Amugongo, L.M., Kriebitz, A., Boch, A. and Lütge, C., 2023. Operationalising AI ethics through the agile software development lifecycle: a case study of AI-enabled mobile health applications. AI and Ethics, pp.1-18.

Case Description 3: To provide a description of the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) governance practices and mitigation of risks in corporate organisations in the energy sector. Your source for this task is the paper by Papagiannidis et al. (2023), which is available under the CS5805 Assessment tab on Brightspace.

The aim of your description is to provide background information about:

a.Benefits and challenges of the use of AI systems in organisations
b.AI governance dimensions, best practices and challenges in the design and implementation of AI applications to achieve organisational goals based on the three case studies in the energy sector.
c.Proposed model for deploying AI governance in organisations
d.Recommendations for firms to incorporate new AI governance procedures when developing robust AI applications

Papagiannidis, E., Enholm, I.M., Dremel, C., Mikalef, P. and Krogstie, J., 2023. Toward AI governance: Identifying best practices and potential barriers and outcomes. Information Systems Frontiers, 25(1), pp.123- 141.

Note: Your description for the selected case should provide sufficient context to form an excellent basis for the analysis and reflection in items 4 and 5 below.

4.Analysis and Discussion

You must address all the points below:

a)Analyse and discuss a range of challenges and ethical issues and/or governance and/or regulatory concerns in your case study.
b)Use relevant theoretical approach(es) covered in the course to help you analyse the case.
c)Evaluate and explain the effectiveness or implications of the ethical and governance and/or regulatory issues identified.
d)Discuss and justify your own alternative solutions to the issues identified. Your analysis should briefly evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative solution.

Note: You must provide a justification for your arguments using relevant references from the selected literature and module learning materials, including lectures, seminar and weekly readings. The form of reference you should use for these materials is provided in the section on Format of the Assessment.

5.Reflections:

You must address both the two points below:

a)You must discuss the practical lessons you learned about the ethical use of digital technologies as a result of undertaking this assignment. Your answer to this question should demonstrate critical reflection; for example, did you reassess your beliefs about the benefits or issues of using intelligent technologies in your case study, or learn something unexpected / interesting as a result of undertaking this assignment.
b)You must outline the most practical and relevant regulatory policy recommendations of how governments or organisations might address the ethical, governance and/or regulatory issues discussed responsibly in your assignment. You answer should be specific and briefly describe and justify the activities and plan for implementation.

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Learning Outcomes and Marking Criteria

Learning outcomes and marking criteria

Assessment

outcomes

Learning outcome 1: Identify and appraise existing research related to the handling and governance of digital information

Grades

There is no evidence from the submission of an ability to demonstrate this learning outcome.

Unacceptable

There is very little evidence from the submission of an ability to demonstrate this learning

outcome.

E (E+, E, E-)

Unsatisfactory

The submission fails to meet the threshold requirements for this task. However, there is some evidence that the work overall is very close to demonstrating this learning outcome.

D (D+, D, D-)

Below Masters

Threshold

Threshold Requirements: The literature review demonstrates a basic understanding of research on the use of digital technologies in various settings and the ethical and/or governance issues arising. Develop a clear aim based on the gaps identified in the literature review. However, the arguments linking common themes in the papers need further development. The papers reviewed have been chosen from minimum six peer reviewed

articles and/or conference papers and are appropriately referenced.

C (C+, C, C-)

Acceptable

Merit Requirements: The threshold requirements have been exceeded, but the literature review falls short of a distinctive attempt to critically analyse, synthesise and evaluate the

ethical, governance and/or regulatory issues in the selected papers.

B (B+, B, B-)

Good/Very

Good

Distinction Requirements: The literature review demonstrates critical judgement in both

A (A*, A+, A,

the selection and discussion of research from the peer reviewed articles and/or conference papers and its evaluation in terms of the ethical and governance issues raised. The submission excellently outlined and justified the main aim/argument of the essay in the

introductory section. The papers are thoroughly and consistently referenced.

A-)

Excellent/ Exceptional

Learning outcome 2: Evaluate the legal, social and ethical concerns and consequences

related to the use of digital systems in practice

Grades

There is no evidence from the submission of an ability to demonstrate this learning outcome.

Unacceptable

There is very little evidence from the submission of an ability to demonstrate this learning

outcome.

E (E+, E, E-)

Unsatisfactory

The submission fails to meet the threshold requirements for this task. However, there is some evidence that the work overall is very close to demonstrating this learning outcome.

D (D+, D, D-)

Below Masters

Threshold

Threshold requirements: The submission description of the selected case study summarises key points for a non-expert audience. The submission provides a rudimentary analysis of the ethical and governance and/or regulatory concerns and effectiveness and implication on societal, organisations and/or individuals. The submission use relevant theory(ies)/conceptual framework(s) covered in the course to analyse the case, and some

references are made to either the course materials, student’s literature review or both to support the arguments.

C (C+, C, C-)

Acceptable

Merit requirements: The threshold requirements have been exceeded, but the description and analysis fall short of a distinctive attempt to evaluate the use of intelligent and digital

technology systems in the selected case study.

B (B+, B, B-)

Good/Very

Good

Distinction requirements: The student description of the case study skilfully summarises the key points, providing an excellent basis for the analysis. The analysis and discussion show a thorough understanding of ethical, governance and regulatory concerns and effectiveness and implications of the use of intelligent and digital technology systems. The submission makes excellently use of relevant theory(ies) covered in the course to analyse the case and discusses alternative solutions. The submission contains all of the required material in the required format (see below) and is presented in a professional style with

very good structure, use of language and coherence.

A (A*, A+, A, A-)

Excellent/ Exceptional

Learning outcome 3: Reflect critically on the governance implications of adopting digital technologies in the modern working environment and society

Grades

There is no evidence from the submission of an ability to demonstrate this learning

outcome.

Unacceptable

There is very little evidence from the submission of an ability to demonstrate this learning outcome.

E (E+, E, E-)

Unsatisfactory

The submission fails to meet the threshold requirements for this task. However, there is some evidence that the work overall is very close to demonstrating this learning outcome.

D (D+, D, D-)

Below Masters

Threshold

The reflections demonstrate a basic understanding of the practical lessons learned about the ethical use of intelligent and digital technology systems. The student provides some relevant practical and regulatory policy recommendations on how governments and organisations can address the ethical, governance and regulatory issues discussed in the assignment. The submission contains the required material in the required format (see below) and is presented with minimal structural and/or grammatical errors. Citations and

references are provided in the Harvard style.

C (C+, C, C-)

Acceptable

Merit requirements: The threshold requirements have been exceeded, but the reflections fall short of a distinctive attempt to reflect on the practical and policy implications and recommendations for adopting digital technologies in the modern working environment

and society.

B (B+, B, B-)

Good/Very Good

Distinction requirements: The reflections demonstrate a convincing critical understanding of the implications of adopting intelligent and digital technology systems in the modern working environment and society. The practical lessons learned about mitigating ethical, governance and regulatory concerns in the selected case study are thoughtful and sensible, while the discussion of ways governments and organisations might govern and regulate

intelligent and digital technology systems is suitable and well justified. The submission

A (A*, A+, A, A-)

Excellent/ Exceptional

contains all of the required material in the required format (see below) and is presented in a professional style with very good structure, use of language and coherence. Citations and

references match, and adopt the Harvard style.

Overall Grading

Overall Grading

The overall grading for the module is achieved as follows:

1. Where a C grade has not been achieved in all LOs, the overall grade for the task will be equal to the grade of the lowest LO achieved.

Grades

e.g. At least one F in any LO

Unacceptable

e.g. At least one E (E+, E, E-) in any LO and no Fs in the remaining LOs

E (E+, E, E-)

Unsatisfactory

e.g. At least one D (D+, D, D-) in any LO and no Es or Fs in the remaining LOs

D (D+, D, D-)

Below Masters

Threshold

2. Where C grade, and above, has been achieved in all LOs, the overall grade will be given by the median grade.

The median is calculated by assigning a numeric value to the grade for each LO (A-, A, A+, A* has values 14-17; B-, B, B+ has values 11-13; C-, C, C+ has values 8-10

respectively) and then dividing the result by the number of LOs, in this case, 3.

e.g.

C-, C-, A- = 8 + 8 + 14 / 3 = 10, thus a grade of C+; C-, C-, B- = 8 + 8 + 11 / 3 = 9, thus a grade of C;

C-, C-, C- = 8 + 8 + 8 / 3 = 8, thus a grade of C-

C (C+, C, C-)

Acceptable

e.g.

C+, B+, A+ = 10 + 13 + 16 / 3 = 13, thus a grade of B+; B, B, B = 12 + 12 + 12 / 3 = 12, thus a grade of B;

C, B, B = 9 + 12 + 12 / 3 = 11, thus a grade of B-

B (B+, B, B-)

Good/Very Good

e.g.

A*, A*, A* = 17 + 17 + 17 / 3 = 17, thus a grade of A*; A, A+, A* = 15 + 16 + 17 / 3 = 16, thus a grade of A+; B+, A+, A+ = 13 + 16 + 16 / 3 = 15, thus a grade of A;

B+, A-, A = 13 + 14 + 15 / 3 = 14, thus a grade of A-

A (A*, A+, A, A-)

Excellent/ Exceptional

Word Limit Penalties

The word count for your coursework, including footnotes but excluding bibliography, must not exceed 3500 words. If you exceed the word count by a maximum of 350 words (10%) then you will not be penalised. The precise word count must be written on the coversheet. Overlong coursework submissions will be penalised according to the following rules:

Word count	Penalty
Up to 10% above word limit (max or equal to 3850 words)	No Penalty
More than 10% over the word limit (3851 words and above)	After the average grade is computed for your submission, there will be a deduction of 1 grade point applied. For example, if your grades for the three learning outcomes are: C+, B+, A+ = (10 + 13 + 16) / 3 = 13 (B+) then 1 grade points will be deducted therefore your final grade will be 12 (B)
More than 4000 words	Submission exceeding 4000 words will be capped at C-
Intentional misrepresentation of the word count on the coversheet	The grade will be capped to the pass mark (C-) independently of the grades obtained for the individual LOs

Note:

When the average grade is 8 for example in this situation: C-,

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