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Ethical Dilemmas at Fabio Inc.

   

Added on  2020-04-01

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INTRODUCTION An ethical dilemma is a situation whereby a person is faced with only two options for which theyhave to choose the best cause of action from the two of them. Therefore, ethical dilemma is referred to as a situation where an individual is presented with causes of action to choose from but with a guarantee that no matter the choice they make, there is always some ethical principle being exercised (Burtonet al, 2017).QUESTION 1From the case study information, yes there is an ethical dilemma. There are around three ethical dilemma scenarios in the case study.Harry the network programmer in Fabio Inc. is faced with an ethical dilemma. When he finished developing his antivirus program, he presented it to Jill his manager at Fabio Inc., but she did notaccept his deal for selling the program to the business in discount. Later on, Harry was faced with a dilemma on whether to continue with his dreams of developing the program to be even better and sell it or give up. The dilemma was between choosing to continue developing the program which would mean time, career and skill wastage or just sell the program which would mean him being realized by Jill and maybe being sucked from Fabio.The other dilemma is faced by Brockley, the overall manager for Fabio. When he received an email from Iris Bigg (Fabio’s owner) asking him to look for Lock smith (apparently Harry whomhe had fired) and hire him. He argued that Lock Smith’s skills and expertise would help Fabio a great deal. The dilemma was to choose between contacting harry and rehiring him once more, which would destroy his reputation in the business or not contact or rehire Harry and be fired by Iris.QUESTION 2Understanding the SituationIn this scenario, it is clear that Fabio Inc. has serious problems and challenges when it comes to protecting its Information Technology (IT) devices, software systems and programs. On the otherhand, Harry the business’s network developer is very talented and skilled in fields that related to security protection especially those that relate to computers, IT devices, software systems and
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