Step 1: Identify one current event articles (within the past 4 years) related to any of the following:

Recently introduced Technology(ies) with impact upon society / people

Workplace specific technologies,

Technology with potential Intellectual Property, Patent or Cybersecurity concerns

Technology with Privacy and / or Free Speech concerns

Step 2: Using the article address the below 6 topics: *note the answers to some of these questions may require additional resources/research. Be sure to cite and include additional sources in the References/Works Cited section of your paper.

What technology-based standards are presently used by governments, institutions, or organizations to govern this technology? [Is this technology controlled or monitored by the government? Is anyone governing the technology?]

What is the new technology and how did it evolve (historical basis)? What is the background/history/context/ legal precedent? [Example, historical basis for smart phones can be followed through the evolution of land-line phones, to mobile phones, to smart phones]

Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of this technology upon society?

Identify segments, groups or populations within society that are negatively impacted by the introduction of the technology, and discuss what gaps or measures should be taken [Example, with the development of self-check-out technology, who was hurt? What can be done to prevent massive unemployment for cashiers?]

Identify segments, groups or populations within society that are most benefited by the technology [Example, with the development of printers, who benefitted?]

What ethical issues can you identify that could be a result of this new technology?