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Assignment on Doing Ethics Technique - Desklib

   

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Title of your video/scenarioQ1. What's going on?The company considered for the case study faces a lot of pressure from its customer, whomay have intentions of not renewing their contract. At the present moment, the WillisCompany (the customer) has contracted the company at hand to develop an IT project. Thisproject requires encryption to avoid intrusion as stated by the Project’s Director (Greg).However, the CIO of the company requests the supervisor to direct the Project Director todeliver the project a month earlier in order to increase the chances of the customerrenewing their contract. Moreover, the CIO faces a lot of pressure from the CEO who alsoholds the same idea.Q2. What are the facts?First, according to Jason (the senior developer), encryption is vital to the project’s success asit guarantees the security system i.e. it prevents hacking Moreover, based on the existing conditions and requirements, the project’s initial deliverydate cannot be met. Therefore, even without considering the new timeline, the old onecannot suffice, if the project is to meet the needs of the customer.Finally, the only way to meet the request suggested by the CIO is to take some shortcutsparticularly by avoiding the encryption facility, which is a clear violation of their codes ofconduct[ CITATION Aus14 \l 2057 ]. Moreover, these shortcuts would expose the project tomany security issues as it would have extended vulnerabilities.Q3. What are the issues (non-ethical)?Several issues are evident in this case study, for one, the CIO suggests actions that are indirect violation of the codes of conduct, this includes the interest of the public, professionaldevelopment and professionalism. In our scenario, the public is the client whose projectrequires encryption among other facilities. However, based on the request of CIO, thiscomponent will be eliminated from the project. Moreover, their integrity a key aspect of theprofessional conduct will be compromised as the company hopes to attach the encryptionas a software update, thus deceiving the customer[ CITATION ACS141 \l 2057 ].Furthermore, the Project developer is faced with the dilemma of either choosing thecommon good or the growth of his career. By abiding with the CIO request his team willsuccumb to an unethical conduct that is led by the misleading behaviour of a leader(another unethical issue)[CITATION Han14 \l 2057 ].Your Name
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Title of your video/scenarioQ4. Who is affected?The client (Willis company) – the customer is heavily affected by the issue as he stands tolose the most if the project is compromised at a later stage. Moreover, the client placescomplete trust in the contracted company’s integrity.Secondly, the company’s leadership – In an attempt to improve business outcomes, the CEOsubjects the entire company to the non-ethical issues at hand. This outcome trickles downthe line to the CIO and the supervisor who is seen to push the project developer to delivertheir request.Developers – From the project developer to the senior developer and all other associatedmembers of the project team. They all must contend with the request at hand (unethicalrequest). Furthermore, if the system fails, they must also contend with the fact that theyknew the consequences of their actions.Q5. What are the ethical issues and their implications?Code of conduct: If the company chooses to undertake the actions suggested by the CIOthey violate their code of conduct. Their professionalism and professional developmentoutcomes are compromised through their deception of the client. Furthermore, they fail toconsider the overall interest of the users. Now, as a consequence, the client may lose trust ifthe project fails and if they discover the actions taken[CITATION Han14 \l 2057 ]. Furthermore,the company itself creates precedence for other members of staff to breach their codes ofconduct which will affect the working environment.The misleading behaviour of the leaders: to influence the decision of the client, theleadership proposes the actions highlighted above. These actions do not consider thecommon good of the customers nor that of the employees. Again the implication of theseactions is the loss of trust and integrity between the company and the customers, as well aswith that of the employees[ CITATION Sea09 \l 2057 ].Q6. What can be done about it?To start with, the project developer can emphasize the importance of encryption ashighlighted by the senior developer (Greg).In fact, he can organize a quick meetingwith the company’s leadership to outline the resounding consequences of theproposed short cuts. Moreover, as a solution, he can make the suggestion ofincreasing the developing team in order to meet the deadlines.Your Name
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