COM ITC506 - Assignment on Early Launch
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SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITYEarly LaunchAssignment 1: Doing Ethics TechniqueYour NameStudent NumberWord Count: 1071
Early LaunchQ1. What's going on?The video is all about the tension swirling in to the office. The CEO of the company isworried about the deadline of submitting a particular project as the project worth threemillion dollars. CIA wants an urgent delivery of Willis project without encryption. In terms ofdelivering the project early, the company has agreed to deliver it without encryption. Theproject was assigned to Greg, the project manager. Gregg seemed a little reluctant indelivering the project a month early without encryption. According to Greg, if the softwareis delivered without necessary encryption then there will be a chance of being hacked whichmay lead a breach in a millions of people`s personal information. The video showed thatGreg was informing his boss about the possible risks but his boss tried to persuade him withthe assurance of lesser chance of hacking. The supervisor seemed allure him with lucrativebonus for him and his team. Lastly, he tried to assure him that he would be able to work onthe project once it is delivered (YouTube, 2017).Q2. What are the facts?The facts are the Willis project, which is to be delivered early needs encryption to protectthe information of common people. The encryption is vital and it is difficult to finish the wholeproject with encryption a month prior to the original delivery date. The software is vulnerablewithout any security implications (YouTube, 2017). Q3. What are the issues(non-ethical)?The non-ethical issue defines an unfavourable situation where the hierarchy of anyorganization has to come to a decision order to reach to a solution without thinking about theexternal public (Benn, Dunphy & Griffiths, 2014). Here, the main issue is time. From the conversationin the video, it is clear that CIA requires the project as soon as possible, and for that, they asked thesoftware without encryption. CIA is demanding the project without considering the possible risks thecommon people may face if the system is hacked. In terms of urgency, the company CEO is creatingpressure on the employees as the Willis project worth three million dollars. The CEO is intended tooverlook the possible risks to get the next project for the company even faster. The more projectsYour Name
Early Launchthe company gets the more revenue the company earns. The company is ready to pay bonus to theemployees for completing the project a month prior to its original delivery date. The company isencouraging its employees to take a shortcut to finish the project (YouTube. 2017). Q4. Who is affected?After completion and delivering, the Willis project to CIA the system is hacked as the projectmanager predicted. Firstly, the primary affected is the people whose personal information wasbreached. Secondly, the employees of the company, who are responsible for developing thesoftware, this resulted the degradation of the company`s goodwill (YouTube, 2017). Q5. What are the ethical issues and their implications?According to the classical ethical theory, one should have the insight to judge a possibleconsequence (Ford & Richardson, 2013). In case of a corporate organization a company head and theemployees should follow the code of conduct to approach to a project as it holds up the company`svalue (Crane & Matten, 2016). Here, the project manager is reluctant to deliver the project withoutencryption. He has the insight of the possible risks that may occur if the system is hacked. Afterbeing offered a lucrative bonus from the organization, he is in denial to take up the short cut routeto develop a vital project, which deals with the personal information of millions of common people.The encryption is vital than the extra revenue earning by submitting the current project beforedeadline and taking up a new project. If the breach happens, the company good will degrade and theemployees who are involved in developing the software will lose their credibility. Q6. What can be done about it?An organization like CIA who deals the security of United States of America and maintain abasic secrecy, it should not propone the submission date of any vital project. On the other hand, thecompany, which is responsible for developing an important project like Willis, should notYour Name
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