Professionalism, Ethics and Morality: A Standardization Challenges for Marketing Educators and Industry Practitioners in Nigeria

Professionalism, ethics and morality: A Standardization challenges for Marketing Educators and Industry Practitioners was the subject of this study as has been widely discussed in marketing literature to be the pivot of marketing performance in the academia and industry. One of the objectives was to determine the adherence to     professional ethics by marketing educators and industry practitioners. Survey design was adopted and five  universities and  five polytechnics and few industries in the eastern states were used; and sample size was 80. Primary and secondary data were used. The results showed unethical practices among the educators and industry practitioners. Recommendations were made including the need to have code of ethics among marketing educators and industry practitioners and to have Association of Marketing Educators for better internalization and enforcement. Key Word: Professionalism, Ethics, Morality, Marketing Educators, Industry Practitioners

Professionalism in the Information and Communication Technology Industry

Professionalism is arguably more important in some occupations than in others. It is vital in some because of the life and death decisions that must be made, for example in medicine. In others the rapidly changing nature of the occupation makes efficient regulation difficult and so the professional behaviour of the practitioners is central to the good functioning of that occupation. The core idea behind this book is that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is changing so quickly that professional behaviour of its practitioners is vital because regulation will always lag behind

A framework of green it capability maturity for it product lifecycle in UTM

In the last few decades, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has featured prominently in transforming business practices. It has redefined our social existence. A huge number of IT devices such as computers, monitors, printers, scanners, copiers and fax machines, digital duplicators, multi-function devices, and mailing machines are increasingly produced everyday to support and fulfill operational needs of the organization. These IT devices contribute to global warming by producing CO2 emissions and contributing to the greenhouse effect. This is due to the fact that all phases on the IT product lifecycle produces an environmental impact. This research develops a green IT framework to implement and sustain green IT implementation and to apply this framework to UTM faculties/unit to assess the current capability maturity level of green IT practices for IT product lifecycle. The framework covers the green IT best practices in three phases of IT product lifecycle, namely procurement, usage, reuse/disposal, and the level of capability maturity. The framework was developed by reviewing previous green IT capability maturity frameworks and green IT best practices of IT product lifecycle. The framework was then verified using online card-sorting and interviews with three experts, namely IT and lab managers. The framework provides UTM faculties/unit with a holistic guideline to implement and sustain green IT practices throughout the IT product lifecycle with the help of capability maturity level; level 1 is the initial level, and level 5 is the optimal level. The framework was applied to four UTM faculties and the School of Postgraduate Studies to assess their current capability maturity level of green IT practices for IT product lifecycle

Development of framework on Green Information and Communication Technology (GICT) awareness in Malaysia’s education sector

ICT has been accepted as the major tool in developing knowledgeable societies and noted to be the technological mechanism that could provide ways to think and design education system and processes. The ubiquity of ICT leads to increased energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission with considerable negative impacts on the environment. This ubiquity also leads to an increase volume of e-waste. Since the education world is well noted to have a substantial amount of ICT users, its imminent to for all users to be aware of GICT and its importance. Awareness on Green ICT (GICT) describes the cultivation of knowledge about managing ICT infrastructures in order to minimise the effects on humans and the environment. Studies show that there is no official legislation that enforces GICT practices in Malaysia and most Malaysians are not aware of how to dispose their obsolete ICT devices. This research was designed to determine the level of GICT awareness among teachers in Malaysia, to identify the issues related to GICT practices among teachers in Malaysia and to construct a framework to improve awareness on GICT practices among teachers in Malaysia’s education sector. The approach used in this study is a quantitative method whereby a number of 1260 emails were sent to schools, both primary and secondary from each state to get respondents for the online questionnaire but only 1008 teachers responded due to the closure of schools because of the covid-19 pandemic. From the findings, it can be concluded that the awareness of GICT practices among the teachers who responded in this survey is moderate (54.95%). Findings using the Pearson Coefficient for independent variable, X, in this study (knowledge on ICT usage) and dependent variable, Y, (awareness of GICT practices) shows a relationship with high connection. Conclusively these outcomes have proven all the hypothesis constructed in this study to be true and the model fit using multiple standard linear regression and awareness has 69.27% of chance being influenced by knowledge. Framework was constructed while issues in implementing GICT practices were discussed and suggestions were given in hope that further action can be taken by the responsible parties in advocating and upholding the green practices in ICT

What is an ICT Professional anyway?

The intention of this paper is to instigate ongoing discussion surrounding the connected topics of ICT professionalism and the ICT profession. Part of that discussion needs to include suggestions of ‘the way forward’ for the development and recognition of an ICT professional body and the way it should govern/support/protect the professionals within

WHAT IS AN ICT PROFESSIONAL ANYWAY?

The intention of this paper is to instigate ongoing discussion surrounding the connected topics of ICT professionalism and the ICT profession. Part of that discussion needs to include suggestions of ‘the way forward ’ for the development and recognition of an ICT professional body and the way it should govern/support/protect the professionals within

What is an ICT Professional anyway?

The intention of this paper is to instigate ongoing discussion surrounding the connected topics of ICT professionalism and the ICT profession. Part of that discussion needs to include suggestions of ‘the way forward’ for the development and recognition of an ICT professional body and the way it should govern/support/protect the professionals within