Fictional scenario of an ethical dilemma Assessment 2022

Fictional scenario of an ethical dilemma:
It’s a created story and any connection to the people dead or alive, draws a serious thinking.
The main character:
Mark who joined as a senior software engineer to the Accenture Inc., Manchester city, UK has a
several years of experience in the similar field and in few years i.e. the year 2009, he was
identified to be the top performer in this fast growing organization, and was promoted to the
senior position next to the CEO. It was during his tenure in Hexaware Inc. another software
company that he came in contact with another bright lad, in the software field, named John who
was offered a job in the same organization in which he was currently working.
About Accenture:
Emergence of Accenture is the result of an internal competition by two professional working in
the same organization. It was in the year 2001 this organization was formed by Kim Peterson, a
Danish professional and the new founder of Accenture Inc. The word Accenture means “Accent
to the future”. As reported in the year 2019 the employee strength has been 4, 82,000 and the
services that it provides is strategy, consulting, software development, operations and digital
technology.
The formal meeting:
Mark called on John and asked him to attend a meeting with an Indian lad who has created
innovative business software that can pay rich dividend to Accenture in terms of profit. As to
their plan of meeting it was discussed that he wants to sell his product exclusively to Accenture,

in fact it was the first company whom he approached and his product has been designed in such a
way that can serve Accenture to its best.
It was during the meeting with this young professional that both Mark and John came to an
understanding that this software would benefit Accenture in a very big way and can bring
operational and other efficiency to the organization. It was only then, that he disclosed, that the
software is not copy right protected but has been tested and run.
Mark asked for the documents and design work so that they can go through the viability of the
software program and can hand over the documents to the CEO of the company who takes final
decision on the matter (Rodriguez, 2012).
The Dilemma:
After two days Mark ask John to assist him in testing the software. After the test was
successfully completed Mark reveled to John that he has successfully tested the documents and
design provided by the software professional from India and has copied the programming and
design of that software professional from India.
Mark suggested John that the copy being shared by the software professional will be claimed to
be their own creation in the meeting with the CEO and for this Mark has asked John to attend
their next meeting with the CEO.
All such affairs and the planning of Mark gave a sleepless night to John and have to deal with
several questions that were coming up to him. On one hand he is thinking of coming off all
together from the file and is quiet on whole affair and on the other he is responsible to act and
should raise the voice on the practices going around. What if he loses his job after blowing the

whistle? And what will his supervisor and mentor be exposed to? In nutshell, he is confused and
still wandering as to what to do and how to do?
To make a ethical decision, John has to
A) Assess the cause of the issue?
B) To make a conscious decision on ethical dilemma?
C) He also needs to assess on the consequences and counter allegation from the
people involved?
D) How the rules will affect the given situation i.e. legal condition and the laid code
of ethics?
E) Code of conduct or workplace rules?
F) Social convention?
Clarity in conflicting values:
A) What values are related to the issue in the given situation?
B) What is main conflict of values?
Rationality in decision making:
A) The value that needs to be given the priority?
B) Which option of action that should be given the priority to balance the two
conflicting values?
Initiation of dialogue between the parties involved:
A) Main reason that justify the decision to other?
B) Assessing whether the decision will get an approval from others?