Ethical Dilemma: Analysis and Recommendations

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Ethical Dilemma
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Identification of ethical dilemma.....................................................................................................2
Analysis of ethical dilemma............................................................................................................4
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
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Introduction
Ken, who is a software developer, was developing software for a bank. In the haste of
submitting the task within the approaching deadline, decides to upload the task online. Prior to
this uploading, he informs John, his senior, about the uncertainty of the software as it was not
tested at that time and requests for an extension of the time period. Despite of informing people
of the untested software application, the scenario becomes topic of discussion and it spreads in
newspaper. Though Ken informs his senior before uploading it, as an IT expert he should have
abided by the code of ethics of the Information Technology (Jin, Drozdenko & DeLoughy 2013).
There are three videos provided to give a better idea of the scenario. The following report
analyzes the ethical dilemma presented in the videos. It discusses what could have been the
consequence if the software malfunctioned.
Identification of ethical dilemma
Ethical dilemma is the difficulty of decision making between two imperatives (Shapiro &
Stefkovich,2016). The dilemma is always between one right and one wrong thing and these two
imperatives occurs simultaneously (Schwartz,2016). In the course of decision making one
imperative would be chosen and the other imperative would be neglected.
In the identification of an ethical dilemma several steps must be followed, such as:
 Acknowledgement of issues
 Recognition of problem and involvement of people
 Relevant principles and facts must be considered
 Determination and analyzation of possible actions
 Solution implementation