This document outlines the structure and requirements for a group report analyzing issues related to a company's privacy, security, copyright, terms of service policies and other topics. The report should include an executive summary, introduction to the company, identification of stakeholders, an in-depth analysis of 2-3 issues, proposed suggestions for improving policies, reasoning for changes, citations and images/visual aids. It provides formatting guidelines and states the report will be graded based on various sections.

1. LIS 550 Group Report Outline Brian Rowe University of Washington Ischool

2. Outline Table of Contents Executive Summary Company Intro Stake Holders Issue Section Relevance of issues Suggestions Reasoning Source cites Appendix if needed

3. Executive Summary Less then 2 pages Simple to read Covers all the basic of the report If this is the only part some one read they should get the main ideas of the report

4. Company / NPO Intro 1 page or less Short background on company history Must including legal/ethical battles relevant to your report Must include any relevant corperate commitments or value statments

5. Stake holders Identify relevant stake holders Users Users in need of accommodations Users w/ privacy concerns Rights holder (patent, copyright, TM, Right of Publicity) Stock Holder Find the people who are least well off under the current policies

6. Issues 2 to 3 in depth areas Possible Issues include Privacy, Security, Copyright, DRM, ToS/EULA, Age, Disability/accessibility, Patents, Open Access, CC integration, or any other issues covered in class other issues not covered in class are also acceptable if approved in advance

7. Issues Structure Relevance of Issues: what is the problem Suggestions: recommendations for improving policies Reasoning - the pitch on why the company should change policies to your suggestion

8. Images The report must include at least two visual aids. These an be icons, graphs, info graphics or any other relevant images.

9. Length Format 15 to 20 pages of text Double spaced Time New Roman or similar sized font 1 inch margins Note: cites and Appendix do not count in length

10. Cites End Cites APA, Chicago, Blue Book, or other if prearranged At least 12 sources

11. Online Cites Author’s Last Name, First Name. (Year, Month Day of Publication). Name of Article. Name of Publication. Retrieved on Date, from URL Please include a additional URL to a permanent link if the URL is likely to change (internet archive copy / EFF archive of TOS or other archived source)

12. Turn In Format 1 Digital copy in a printable PDF 1 Digital copy in original format 2 Printed copies Digital copies are due March 3rd at 5pm Printed copy is due March 4th at the beginning of class Content in printed copies should be identical to digital copies.

13. Grading 60 points Executive Summary: 5 Company Intro: 5 Stake Holders: 5 Issue Section: 30 Relevance of issues 1/3 Suggestions 1/3 Reasoning 1/3 Source Cites 5 General appearance 5 Images or info graphics 5 Individual grades will be modified by group member evaluation of team contributions