Code of Professional Conduct Issues 2022

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Introduction
The videos demonstrates a conversation between a project manager of an organization
and a CEO through a phone call. The manager hung up the call after informing the project tester
that the CEO needs the system to get launched on a Monday while Ken, the tester rejects the
idea. In Ethical dilemma, Ken, besides being forced by the manager to launch the system
contrasts that the system should not be launched on Monday as required by the organization
manager since it has not been tested.
Analysis on the Ethical dilemma
a. The Facts in the scenario
As evident in the scenario, the fact is that the organization CEO wants to launch a system
that has not been tested on a Monday (Reynolds, 2014). The tester, on the other hand differs with
the CEO that it cannot be possible for the system to get launched on that date as it has not been
tested since this may lead to various issues. However, the management of the organization looks
at the bigger picture of maintaining the company’s reputation. They however fail to understand
that if the system go live and surfer a security breach which would consequently harm its clients,
the organization’s repute will not only be compromised but they will also remain accountable for
the security breach.
b. Issues in the scenario
The scenario depicts quite a number issues. The first issue is that providing a system that
is not tested and corrected consciously. The second issue is that forcing somebody to get
involved in an act that is not ethical is wrong. As depicted in the videos, Ken is forced by the

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manager to allow the system to go live on Monday against his will, this can seriously affect the
ethical values of the tester (Al-Saggaf, 2016).
c. The parties affected in the scenario
In the scenario, Ken, the tester is the one affected most. He is in a moral dilemma since
when the system is launch as required by the manager, a lot of issues which may compromise the
organization may arise, and getting involved in such actions may also be a crime. He is however
forced by the pressure from the management to skip the testing stage.
The second group that are also likely to get largely affected by the act is the organization
clients. When the system is launched untested, the system users are likely to encounter a security
breach which may lead to loss of sensitive data (Burmeister, 2017; Reynolds, 2014). This act will
also affect the organization in the sense that on the off chance that a security issue is
experienced, the organization’s reputation will be compromised. The company will also have to
compensate the system users if any effect occur, which may impact the corporate on the financial
end.
d. Ethical issues and implications
Letting the system go live untested may lead to serious issues. The system’s security may
be vulnerable for sophisticated cyber-attack which may in turn lead to privacy and security issues
(Warren & Lucas, 2016; Parker, 2017). This may consequently lead to lose of sensitive data of
the company’s clients hence tamper with the organization’s image (Hill & Rapp, 2014). When
such security incidence occur, not only users will be potentially impacted but the organization’s
reputation will also get affected besides being liable for any loss or damage of the users’
properties.