Unit3Proj - Topics

Ethical Dilemma Web Site

Your task is to analyze an ethical dilemma. Choose one of the four dilemmas listed below or get approval for a

different one. You must consider the alternatives and give reasons for the why and the why not you should do

what is described. Then you must choose what you would do and explain why. The website should include pages

that

1. Describe the dilemma you have chosen.

2. Give 3 reasons why you should do what is described.

3. Give 3 reasons why you should NOT do what is described.

4. Describes what you will do and explains why.

Ethical Dilemmas:

1. People illegally download music over the internet. Although it’s free, it is still illegal. What do you

choose to do? Why?

2. Your parent loses his/her job. You could help out by selling illegal dvds on the streets. What should you

do?

3. You have the ability to hack into the school computer system. You can change people’s grades. Would

you change your own? Why or why not? What if you could change the grade for a basketball player who

has a scholarship to play for a big university?

4. Someone you know works at a store that sells iPods. He steals some and asks if you want to buy one for

half the price the store sells it for? Should you buy it? Why or why not?

Research a career and create a website that provides information about it.

The website should include pages that:

• Provide a brief description of the career

• Explain the education required

• Describe tasks performed in the career, salaries and how computer science is used in the career.

Research a worldwide or community problem and create a website that provides information about it.

The website should include pages that

• Provide a brief description of the problem.

• Explain how the problem is affecting people.

• Describe possible solutions to the problem and what people reading the website can do to help solve it.