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Professional Environment Assignment - (Solved)

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Professional Environment Assignment - (Solved)

   

Harvard Business School

   Added on 2020-05-11

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Running head: PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTPROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note:
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1PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTSome Issues for Ethics, Professionalism and Technology – An IT PerspectiveEthics can be understood as the moral principles that underlie the code of conduct, andaction of an individual. Professionalism is the set of skills or competencies expected from aprofessional (Kurtines 2014). Professional ethics should include moral principles andprofessionalism (Durkheim 2013).What happened?Prof. Karl Reed’s lecture titled “Some Issues for Ethics, Professionalism and Technology– An IT Perspective” highlights some of the ethical issues affecting professional code ofconduct, in the Information Technology (IT) industry. It discusses how ethics can have impactsocial/political scenarios, social behavior, security and authenticity of data/ information,contracting jobs, and surveillance systems (Quinn 2014). It is important to identify anddifferentiate the responsibilities expected from the organization and compliance to ethicalstandards.What did it mean to me?Surprisingly. unethical practice in IT industry is not very uncommon. Breach of clientcontract, divulgence of personal data, providing misleading or incorrect information has beenpracticed by both agencies and individuals. Working in these scenarios, it is important that
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2PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTprofessionals know their rights, and responsibilities. One cannot be forced to do unethical work,and consenting to such activity, can indict the individual as an accessory of crime. The ‘Goalsand Methods’ matrix suggested by Turner and Cochrane can be used to analyze the potentialcomplexity of a project. A well defined project has clear objectives, and goals, and provides aclarity of information and expectations (Senescu, Aranda-Mena and Haymaker 2012). Anyunethical practice expected from an individual can be easily identified (and disputed) from a welldefined project, in contrast to a “fuzzy” outline, that leaves room for speculation, and promotessequestering of unethical practices. Ethically, an engineer ought to demonstrate integrity,practice competently, exercise leadership, and promote sustainability. Often adhering to suchpractices can cause conflict of interest between the ‘job’ and ‘principles’. What value is it to me?As professionals, we have the responsibility to not only serve the organization, but alsothe society, which is why ethical protocols should get precedence over personal/businessobjectives. For example, every citizen has the constitutional right to privacy of information.Leaking of sensitive data by Snowden or Manning have only exposed the illegal practice ofsurveillance (Greenwald, MacAskill, and Poitras 2013). Similarly, leak of police data canthreaten the security of individuals, especially if it ends up in the wrong hands. As we see,privatization of government information can lead to data security issues (Fitzgibbon 2013).How it might help me in the future.This knowledge can be helpful in the future to decide the correct curse of action, if facedwith such a conundrum. To summarize, any action expected from a professional may or may not
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