Learners will understand ethical, legal and regulatory issues relating to IT and will also understand its impact on society

The unit is initially concerned with the understanding of how IT has changed the way people live and work.

The focus of the unit is to analyse significant developments in IT over the last 50 years, to evaluate how IT has changed society during this time and to explain how IT has changed the way people work compared to 50 years ago

The unit also considers a number of IT issues and their impact on society. In particular, it attempts to explain the significance of digital citizenship to society, the impact on individuals of living in the information age, and evaluate current issues in society relating to personal data

Finally, the unit focuses on providing an understanding and evaluation of current legal, ethical and regulatory issues in IT. It assesses the importance of ethical guidelines in IT and evaluates the impact of a current legal, ethical or regulatory IT issue on a chosen organisation