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COM ITC506 - Information Technology Ethics - Early Launch

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In this assignment, we will be discussing ethical issues and their implications. Early in the campaign, it is revealed that a software development company will deliver a project called Willis Project. We will also talk about the Fundamental Issues of delivering the Willis project without encryption to secure more contracts. According to the Program Director there will be several opportunities and benefits for the company and team, if they deliver the product one month earlier.

COM ITC506 - Information Technology Ethics - Early Launch

   

Charles Sturt University

   Added on 2020-03-07

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SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITYEarly Launch/Scenario 3 Assignment 1: Doing Ethics TechniqueYour NameStudent NumberWord Count: 1000
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Early Launch/Scenario 3Q1. What's going on?The title or name of this video is ‘Early Launch’. It begins with a scene where the ProgramDirector of an IT based firm is having a conversation on the phone with the CIO ("Scenario 3:Early Launch", 2017). After the entrance of the Project Manager, the Program Director tellshim that the CEO is pressurizing the CIO for early delivery of the Willis project. The ProgramDirector wants the Project Manager to deliver the product one month earlier withoutencrypting the software. According to him, by doing this they will not lose the futurecontract from the client company which is worth 3 million. In reply the Project Managerexplains that the Senior Developer said that encryption is a major requirement of the Willeysystem and eliminating encryption will cause future loss.Q2. What are the facts?The scenario tells that there is a confusion regarding the choice of action. According to theProgram Director there will be several opportunities and benefits for the company andteam, if they deliver the product one month earlier. Delivering the product one monthearlier will be possible only if they exclude the encryption of the software and do theencryption after few weeks and attach it to the software (Stallings & Tahiliani, 2014). TheProject manager has a different opinion. He says that encryption is essentially required inthe Willey system. If encryption is not done then it can cause security issues in future whichwill harm the users as well as the reputation of the vendor company. Q3. What are the issues (non-ethical)?The non ethical issue here is the non encryption of the product. Encrypting software isconsidered to be a part of organizational ethics (Bellwood et al., 2014). It is the keyYour Name
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Early Launch/Scenario 3responsibility of the vendor company to deliver secure and reliable software to the clientcompany. If the company does not encrypt and delivers the Willis project then this will beconsidered as a non ethical issue. This will show the irresponsible nature of the company. Infuture if the Willey system gets hacked then this will affect millions of users as well as thereputation of the vendor company. If the company delivers the software product one monthearlier without encrypting it, then this would be regarded as major non ethical issue by theorganizational or business ethics. Q4. Who is affected?If the vendor company delivers an unprotected and unreliable Willis project withoutencrypting it then millions of user sensitive data can get hacked in future. This will affectmillions of users. If the Willey system gets hacked in future then the reputation of thevendor company will be at stake. This will have a negative impact on the future of thecompany. The company will either run at huge loss or shut down (Bednarz, 2013). Legalproceedings against the client company will harm the company in several ways. So it can besaid that the non encryption of the software product will affect the users whose sensitivedata is stolen and it will also affect the reputation and growth of the vendor company.Q5. What are the ethical issues and their implications?Several ethical issues can be pointed out in this scenario. The Program Director agrees todeliver a safe and reliable product by encrypting the software. Here the company followsthe code of business ethics. Another issue is seen where the Project Manager agrees todeliver the software before one month but without encryption. The severe implication ofthis is felt when the system gets hacked in future. It not only causes loss of sensitive userYour Name
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