CS625 Professional Practices Assignment 1 for Fall 2026 is built around five case studies. Question 1 asks you to identify the appropriate organizational structure, business function, or managerial responsibility in each case study. Question 2 asks you to identify the primary ethical issue demonstrated in each case study. The solution file linked below answers both questions for all five case studies.
One important note before you use these answers: the solution file we received contains the question wording and the answer tables, but not the case study text itself. That means each answer could not be matched against its case study here. Before submitting, compare every answer with the case study text in your own VULMS question paper and make sure the mapping fits. If any answer does not fit your case study, trust your question paper, not this table.
What Does the Solution File Cover?
What Are the Question 1 Answers?
Question 1 identifies the organizational structure, business function, or managerial responsibility for each case study: Case Study 1 is a Sole Trader, Case Study 2 is a Private Limited Company, Case Study 3 relates to Quality Management, Case Study 4 is the responsibility of a Project Manager, and Case Study 5 is the responsibility of a Corporate Manager. The range here is deliberate: it moves from business ownership forms to management functions, so read each case study for its ownership and decision making clues before settling on an answer.
What Are the Question 2 Answers?
Question 2 identifies the primary ethical issue in each case study: Case Study 1 shows Software Risks, Case Study 2 shows Fairness or Discrimination, Case Study 3 shows Conflicts of Interest, Case Study 4 shows Privacy, and Case Study 5 shows Unauthorized Access to Computer Systems. Each of these is a distinct ethics theme in professional practice, and naming the exact theme matters more than describing the situation generally. Ethical reasoning of this kind also appears in the CS204 Assignment 1 solution on phishing and account safety.
Why Does the Mapping Need Checking?
Because the case study text was not part of the file we received, the answers are presented exactly as given, in case study order, without independent verification against each scenario. This is the honest limit of this solution. Students who check the answers against their VULMS paper get the full benefit, while students who copy blindly risk submitting a mismatched answer. The same checking habit applies to any solution: compare it with your official question paper first, as advised in the CS507 Assignment 1 solution on access control and accountability.
How Do You Download the Solution File?
You can download the complete solution file from Google Drive using the link below. It contains both questions with their full answer tables for all five case studies. No marks or due date are stated here because they were not part of the file we received, so please check your VULMS for the marks and the submission deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a sole trader?
A sole trader is a business owned and run by one person. That person keeps all the profits but also carries all the risk and all the liability, which makes it the simplest business structure and the right label when a case study shows a single owner running the whole business.
How is a private limited company different?
A private limited company is a separate legal entity owned by shareholders, with liability limited to what they invested. Unlike a sole trader, the business and its owners are legally separate, and shares cannot be offered to the general public.
What counts as a conflict of interest?
A conflict of interest arises when a professional’s personal interest, or a second loyalty, could interfere with acting in the best interest of the client or employer. The ethical response is to disclose the conflict and step back from the decision, not to hide it.
Why is unauthorized access an ethics issue, not just a technical one?
Accessing a computer system without permission violates the trust placed in professionals and can expose private data and damage others. Professional ethics codes treat it as misconduct in its own right, separate from whatever technical method was used.
Last updated: November 2026.
