Ethical Dilemma in Accounting System

Computer Company 1
COMPUTER COMPANY
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COMPUTER COMPANY
Introduction
The Information technology sector has been increasingly utilized across the world. Just
like any other area, be it in the administrative sector, education, governance among others,
ethical scenarios always ensue and the need to handle them uncannily always knocks on the door
(Backus, Spinello and Tavani, 2016). Therefore, the judicious utilization of such scenarios in the
enhancement of ethics can be of great help to the society as a whole (Migga, 2015). Situations
that are designed in a careful manner allow perceived and real conflicts to be handled in no-
consequence and safe environments. Relying on the Actor Network Theory and the use of
research into scenarios, the Doing Ethics Technique is broadened to take good care of macro and
microenvironments in the technology sector in a bid to present a better alternative for an ethical
dilemma (Migga, 2015). In this regard, a case study of a computer company has been considered
to be viewed through the lens of “Doing Ethics Technique” in order to provide a better and
ethical solution without harming any of the involved party’s emotions (Simpson, Nevile and
Burmeister, 2014).
What’s going on?
From the perspective of the computer professional who is tasked to develop the
accounting system, system efficiency is needed so as to be used by the government and the need
is of great importance since it saves much money. In this regard, there is a need for delegation,
and as the lead project person, the professional assigns different tasks to her other workers.
The first person handles the reports; the other takes care of the system’s internal

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processing and the last one takes care of the system’s interface of the user. However, this does
not go well as the employees report to the senior management that it is so difficult to use the
interface (Cellucci, 2015). The problem ensues where the upper-level management decides not to
use the system and even inject any more finances, and as such, they choose to resume their
previous system that was expensive.
What are the facts?
- Evidently, the difficulty to use the new accounting system interface is real as the
employees have reported.
- The upper-level management has refused to provide more finances for the deployment of
the new system.
- It is only the person in charge of the development of the interface that messed up the
entire project.
- The new system was only at its first stage of writing.
- The government needed to use the system due to the expensive nature of the previous
system.
- The new system is expected to save massive amounts of money belonging to the
taxpayer.
- The manager agreed to the architecture of the new system and gave the go-ahead.
- The management at the upper level has the option of resuming to the previous but
expensive system of accounting (Deneulin, 2013).