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Ethical Decision Making for IT Professionals

   

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Running Head: DOING ETHICS TECHNIQUE 1Doing Ethics Technique
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Doing Ethics Technique Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Case Synthesis.................................................................................................................................3Doing Ethics Technique Foundation...............................................................................................4What’s going on?.........................................................................................................................4What are the Facts?......................................................................................................................5What are the Issues?.....................................................................................................................5Who is affected?...........................................................................................................................5Advanced Doing Ethics Technique foundation...............................................................................6What are the ethical issues and implications?..............................................................................6What can be done about it?..........................................................................................................6What are the options?...................................................................................................................6Which option is best?...................................................................................................................6Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7References........................................................................................................................................8
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Doing Ethics Technique Introduction In the present times, the business managers as well as IT professionals encounter several situations wherein they encounter ethical dilemma. However, it is the duty of the IT professionals to take morally sound and ethically correct actions as the welfare of the society is the primary responsibility of the professionals. These professionals face complex situations and an ethical framework or ethic theory can assist the professional in addressing these situations. Over the years, a large number of ethical theories have developed which try to assist an individual in taking ethical decisions. Although these theories are based on different principle, the basic essence of these theories is same. The doing ethics technique is also developed to assist an individual in addressing ethical issues in any scenario (Simpson, Nevile & Burmeister, 2003). This method can assist a person in thinking with ethical mindset. However, it is a technique and the outcome of the framework is dependent upon its application. Therefore, although this methoddoes not guarantee ethical decision, it assures that ethical frame of mind is used to obtain the bestsolution. Case SynthesisIn the present case, a web development company is trying to create a more efficient accounting system for the tax payers and the government. This system will be used to assist the tax payers of the country in saving a large amount of money. A computer professional is incorporated with the responsibility to handle the task and design the complete system for the organization. The computer professional incorporated with the responsibility divides the task among three persons, one is responsible for developing the reports for the accounting system, and another person is responsible for internal processing of the system and a third person is
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