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Information Technology Ethics - Assignment

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Information Technology Ethics - Assignment

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Running Head: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICSInformation Technology EthicsName of the StudentName of the University
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1INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICSCase Study 1Part 1 – Question 1Q1. What going on?Jean uses segments of code from both her co-worker and the commercial software, butdoes not tell anyone or mention it in the documentation. She completes the project and turns it ina day ahead of time. This activity is not ethical and it directly violates the theory of virtue.Q2. What are the facts?The facts are as follows:Jean, a statistical database programmer, is trying to write a large statisticalprogram needed by her company. Her manager, not recognising the complexity of the problem, wants the jobcompleted within the next few days. Not knowing how to solve the problems, Jean remembers that a coworker hadgiven her source listings from his current work and from an early version of acommercial software package developed at another company. On studying these programs, she sees two areas of code which could be directlyincorporated into her own program. She uses segments of code from both her co-worker and the commercial software, but does not tell anyone or mention it in thedocumentation.
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2INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICSQ3. What are the issues?The main issue is that Jean steals her co-workers’ work without acknowledging them oreven letting them know.Q4. Who is affected?The co-workers are affected in the long run.Q5. What are ethical issues and implications?Using other’s work without acknowledging them is strictly against the ethical theory ofvirtue. Jean deliberately breaks it in order to complete her work.Q6. What can be done about it?Severe punishments (like penalties, suspensions and others) can be imposed in the casesomeone steals others’ works.Q7. What are the options?The main option is to encourage team venture rather than individual so that none’s workis stolen.Q8. Which option is the best and why?The best option is the promotion of group ventures in a project rather than blaming oneparticular member.Part 1 – Question 2This case study directly violates the theory of virtue. Virtue Ethics(orVirtue Theory) isan approach toEthicsthat emphasizes an individual'scharacteras the key element of ethical
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3INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICSthinking, rather than rules about theacts themselves(Deontology) ortheirconsequences(Consequentialism). This is violated in this case study.Case Study 2Part 1 – Question 1Q1. What going on?Company X has just signed a business agreement with Company Y, which entitles bothof them to access each other clients’ records. Mr. Faisal, a software programmer at Company Z,was assigned the task of developing a software program that handles the access and retrieval ofrecords from each Company’s database system into the other. Faisal told his manager about theproblem he encountered and explained its significance. The manager's response was, "That's notour problem; let's just be sure that our software functions properly." This violates the ethicaltheory of deontology.Q2. What are the facts?The facts are as follows.Mr. Faisal, a software programmer at Company Z, was assigned the task ofdeveloping a software program that handles the access and retrieval of recordsfrom each Company’s database system into the other.A first run of the software on real data indicated that the work was well within thestate of the art, and no difficulties were found or anticipated.
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