Information Technology Ethics

Running head: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICS
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1INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICS
Table of Contents
About the Scenario.....................................................................................................................2
Facts related to the scenario.......................................................................................................2
Issues regarding the scenario.....................................................................................................2
Affected entities.........................................................................................................................3
Ethical issues and implications..................................................................................................3
Implication of the issue..............................................................................................................4
Steps regarding the issue............................................................................................................4
Options regarding issue..............................................................................................................5
References..................................................................................................................................6

2INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ETHICS
About the Scenario
In the scenario Graig is asked by the program director to deliver project before the
deadline. He is asked to produce the project without encryption. The company’s CEO is
under pressure regarding the step that will be taken by the client if they don’t deliver the
project a month early. Thus they forced the developer to deliver the product early otherwise
there is a high chances of losing the contract that is worth three million. However the senior
developer Janson thinks that delivering the project without encryption is a difficult work to
do and will have major drawbacks. Graig seems to be confused in the situation as he was
convinced by the program director that an early delivery will bring benefits towards the
company and will give huge bonus to him. In addition to this the program director also
suggest that Graig has the opportunity to work on encryption once the project is delivered.
Facts related to the scenario
The developers are asked to deliver the project one month earlier and this became a
difficult thing for the developer. The early delivery is only possible if the developer skips the
data encryption part. However it becomes important to ensure that proper encryption is done
within the project otherwise there are chances of security issues. The program head has
suggested to deliver the project one month early and can include encryption after few weeks
and will declare it as a software update. As per the CEO of the company delay in the project
will affect the business and will hamper the future projects. Thus it is important to ensure that
proper steps are taken so that continuation of business can be done.
Issues regarding the scenario
The major issues associated with the early delivery is that avoiding the
implementation of encryption. This will have major negative implications on the security