CIS4253: Ethics in Information Technology Assignment 1 Grading Rubric Student Name: ________________________ Score: ______________________ Assignment 1: Ethics and Leadership Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A Articulate the ethical issues Weight: 10% Ethical Issues in the profession is/are not clear and/or lack significance Ethical Issues in the profession not stated quite as clearly and/or self-reflection is missing. Ethical Issues in profession are stated but self-reflection is not well articulated. Ethical Issues in the profession are well articulated. Self-reflection is well-written. Identify Inspirational Leadership Characteristics to improve ethics in the organization Weight: 10% Names only one inspirational leadership characteristic demonstrated by the leader BUT fails to adequately explain how the leader utilizes or demonstrates it. Names 2 or more inspirational leadership characteristics demonstrated by the leader BUT adequately explains how the leader utilizes or demonstrates only one trait. Names at least 3 inspirational leadership characteristics demonstrated by the leader AND adequately explains how the leader utilizes or demonstrates at least 2 of the traits. Names 3 or more inspirational leadership characteristics demonstrated by the leader AND FULLY explains how the leader utilizes or demonstrates ALL of the traits. Reflection Weight: 10% Fails to state that the leader's actions or characteristics have inspired or impacted student’s ethical awareness in a positive way, and fails to identify how. States that the leader's actions or characteristics have inspired or impacted the student in a positive way, but fails to identify how. Adequately identifies how the leader's actions or characteristics have inspired or impacted the student in a positive way. Clearly identifies how the leader's actions or characteristics have inspired or impacted the student in a positive way. Summarize the interview and compare and contrast with own perception and existing theories Weight: 15% Fails to provide an adequate summary Summarized the answers gathered in the interview but lacks but lacks comparison of own point of view about leadership with own perception of it and the existing theories. Adequately summarized the answers gathered in the interview and compared and contrasted own point of view about leadership with own perception of it and the existing theories. Thoroughly summarized the answers gathered in the interview and compared and contrasted own point of view about leadership with own perception of it and the existing theories. Analyze the leadership and ethical values of the leader interviewed a ...

1. CIS4253: Ethics in Information Technology Assignment 1
Grading Rubric
Student Name: ________________________
Score: ______________________
Assignment 1: Ethics and Leadership
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
Articulate the ethical issues
Weight: 10%
Ethical Issues in the

2. profession is/are not clear
and/or lack significance
Ethical Issues in the
profession not stated
quite as clearly and/or
self-reflection is missing.
Ethical Issues in
profession are stated but
self-reflection is not well
articulated.
Ethical Issues in the profession are
well articulated. Self-reflection is
well-written.
Identify Inspirational
Leadership Characteristics to
improve ethics in the
organization
Weight: 10%

3. Names only one
inspirational leadership
characteristic
demonstrated by the
leader BUT fails to
adequately explain how
the leader utilizes or
demonstrates it.
Names 2 or more
inspirational leadership
characteristics
demonstrated by the
leader BUT adequately
explains how the leader
utilizes or demonstrates
only one trait.
Names at least 3
inspirational leadership

4. characteristics
demonstrated by the
leader AND adequately
explains how the leader
utilizes or demonstrates
at least 2 of the traits.
Names 3 or more inspirational
leadership characteristics
demonstrated by the leader AND
FULLY explains how the leader
utilizes or demonstrates ALL of the
traits.
Reflection
Weight: 10%
Fails to state that the
leader's actions or
characteristics have
inspired or impacted

5. student’s ethical
awareness in a positive
way, and fails to identify
how.
States that the leader's
actions or characteristics
have inspired or
impacted the student in a
positive way, but fails to
identify how.
Adequately identifies
how the leader's actions
or characteristics have
inspired or impacted the
student in a positive way.
Clearly identifies how the leader's
actions or characteristics have
inspired or impacted the student in

6. a positive way.
Summarize the interview and
compare and contrast with
own perception and existing
theories
Weight: 15%
Fails to provide an
adequate summary
Summarized the answers
gathered in the interview
but lacks but lacks
comparison of own point
of view about leadership
with own perception of it
and the existing theories.
Adequately summarized
the answers gathered in
the interview and

7. compared and contrasted
own point of view about
leadership with own
perception of it and the
existing theories.
Thoroughly summarized the
answers gathered in the interview
and compared and contrasted own
point of view about leadership with
own perception of it and the
existing theories.
Analyze the leadership and
ethical values of the leader
interviewed and assess its
impact in the ethical

8. performance of the
organization.
Weight: 30%
Fails to submit any
analysis
Some analysis of
leadership and ethical
values of the leader
interviewed and partially
assessed its impact in the
ethical performance of
the organization. Very
little evidence of critical
thinking.
Adequately analyzed the
leadership and ethical
values of the leader
interviewed and

9. satisfactorily assessed its
impact in the ethical
performance of the
organization. Some
evidence of critical
thinking.
Thoroughly analyzed the leadership
and ethical values of the leader
interviewed and thoroughly
assessed its impact in the ethical
performance of the organization.
Use of References
Weight: 10%
No references provided. Does not meet the
required number of
references; some or all
references poor quality
choices.

10. Meets number of
required references; all
references high quality
choices.
Exceeds number of required
references; all references high
quality choices.
Overall Writing Skills
Weight: 15%
Contains many and
serious errors of
punctuation, spelling
and/or capitalization;
errors severely interfere
with meaning.
Formatting is week or
incorrect/inappropriate.

11. Contains many errors of
punctuation, spelling,
and/or capitalization.
Errors interfere with
meaning in places.
Formatting incorrect in
places.
Sentences show error of
structure; little or no
variety; no grasp of
sentence flow.
Does not utilize tables or
figures to convey
concepts.
Concepts and ideas are
unclear.
Contains only occasional

12. punctuation, spelling,
and/or capitalization
errors. Few formatting
errors.
Explains the concepts
and ideas. However, the
explanation may be
lacking such that it is not
understandable to a range
of audiences (either too
technical or,
alternatively, lacks
appropriate detail).
Virtually free of punctuation,
spelling, capitalization errors.
Appropriate formatting.
Each sentence structured

13. effectively, powerfully; rich, well-
chosen variety of sentence styles
and length. Tone and point-of-view
appropriate.
Clearly and concisely explains the
concepts and ideas such that a
range of audiences can gain an
appropriate level of understanding
of the project.
CIS4253: Ethics in Information Technology Assignment 1
Assignment 1: Ethics and Leadership
Identify an IT leader you would like to interview. If your major
is not IT, find a leader in your
field. You should contact him/her and schedule an interview
time/date. The interview could be
over phone or via live chat. The intention of this assignment is

14. to describe leadership skills,
ethics, and communication which impact and improve ethical
performance.
1. Create five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader
to determine his/her views of
ethical leadership and performance. Then, conduct the interview
based on your selected
questions.
HINT: The following are some examples of questions. Feel free
to select them from
here. However, I urge you to revise the questions for some ideas
of what you would
like to know from an experienced leader.
a. How would you define leadership?
b. As a leader, what do you do when people on your team aren’t
pulling their
weight?
c. What is one of the greatest leadership challenges you have
ever faced? What
did you do? What was the result?
d. Describe a situation in which effective ethical reasoning
skills contributed to
your success.
e. Describe your personal actions by which you convey to your
staff that

15. ethics/ethical behavior is a high priority with you and that you
also expect it
to be a high priority with your staff.
f. Related to the previous question, describe how your personal
actions
(demonstrating ethics is a priority) have impacted your staff
and/or
colleagues.
g. Describe a situation where you recognized a need to
communicate clear
expectations for ethical practice. How did you recognize that
expectations
had to be clarified? What did you do or say to clarify the
expectations?
2. Take written notes of the interview and submit as a pdf to the
instructor. You must include
the name, job position and email address of the interviewee.
Date of the interview must also
be included. You must also type this information and include it
in your report.
3. Analyze the leadership and ethical values of the leader
interviewed and assess its impact in
the ethical performance of the organization.
HINT: You should summarize the answers that you gathered in
your interview.
Thereafter, you should compare and contrast his/her point of

16. view about leadership
with your own perception of it and the existing theories.
4. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources you have
located in this
assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic
resource, and neither do web-
based blogs.
CIS4253: Ethics in Information Technology Assignment 1
5. In your paper, you must meet the following course outcomes:
a. Demonstrate how to respond to and apply appropriate
decisions around ethical issues
in an array of information and technology practices
b. Evaluate the legal and ethical responsibilities of leaders in
Information Technology.
c. Evaluate ways organizational culture can be managed and
promote ethics in an
organization.
6. A grading rubric will be used to grade the paper. The rubric
is available on CANVAS.
7. Format your assignment according to the following
formatting requirements:
a. Typed, 1.5 spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),

17. with one-inch margins on
all sides.
b. The length of the paper should not be no less than 4 pages.
c. On the first paragraph of the paper with “Interview
Information” as its heading,
include the company name, interviewee name and his/her
position.
d. On the second paragraph with the heading “Interview Q/A”
include the questions and
answers. And a summary of your interview.
e. On the third paragraph with the heading “Research
Background” include a review of
your research, as applicable to your reflection, in the area of
ethics and leadership.
f. On the fourth paragraph with the heading “Reflection and
Analysis”, analyze the
leadership and ethical values of the leader interviewed and
assess its impact in the
ethical performance of the organization. Also, include your own
reflection on ethics
in leadership.
g. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,
the student’s name, the
professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page
is not included in the
required page length.

18. h. Include a reference page. Citations and references must
follow APA format. The
reference page is not included in the required page length.
i. Provide a well-organized and clearly written report in APA-
format paper with correct
spelling, grammar, and structure.