Cyber Law, Regulations and Compliance

Running head: CYBER LAW, REGULATIONS AND COMPLIANCE
Cyber law, Regulations and Compliance
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Introduction
Brenda is in a dilemma with the fact that she sees many of the junior management staff
making error in entering a particular data when using a new accounting software, while it is
expressly mentioned in the company policy that the identity of the staff would be kept
anonymous. She is in a dilemma regarding tackling the concerned issue without disclosing the
anonymity of the staffs.
New policy statements
According to Chris MacDonald’s methodology, there are certain standards that needs to
be considered for managing this issue. Among the many, the relevant standards that needs to
be banked upon are as follows:
New user requirements
 Code specifically made for a particular company: Brenda should adopted specific
standards of code for her company to follow so that these type of ethical issues do not
crop up in future, as each organization must follow their own code of conduct pertaining
to their own requirements. Therefore, a new standard of code needs to be implemented
(Brussalis & Pallitto, 2017).
 Involvement of the employees: The Company must involve its employees and ask for
their suggestions while framing codes of conduct as these would make them feel wanted
and important to the company. Thus, in this case, Brenda can lay down a survey asking
the employees to provide inputs for code of ethics and conduct, and the penalties for the
violations of such enforcements (Liu, Mai, & MacDonald, 2018).

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 Specifications for implementation: Brenda needs to implement the framed codes for its
better application and working. An effective implementation scheme can be added as an
appendix along with the code so that it becomes easier for the employees to refer and
follow them (Brussalis & Pallitto, 2017).
 Educating the employees: the employees should be made aware of the code of conduct
and implementation scheme, which they are expected to follow. If Brenda makes sure to
communicate with the employees personally and educate them of their mistakes, it is
supposed to improve the situation for sure (Brussalis & Pallitto, 2017).
 Enforcement rules: Brenda must call for the employee making the errors, and warn them
of their mistakes and make them aware of the consequences they would attract for such
non-compliance. They would give the employees an opportunity to review their own
actions and rectify their mistakes. They might improve the situation and would not
amount to docking of salaries of the employees, as the company would not loss as much
profit as it might due to the continuation of such non-compliance (Liu, Mai, & MacDonald,
2018).
 Password- Passwords must be at least eight characters long and contain a combination of
upper- and lowercase letters. The password needs to be locked for atleast 15 minutes.
Justification for modification
According the APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants, Brenda should
see whether the employees are following the fundamental principles laid down under the Code.
Along with Integrity, Objectivity, Confidentiality and Professional behavior, the employees must
carry out their work with competence and due care (Section 100 of APES 110 Code of Ethics