ACS IT Service Management Assignment 2022

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IT Service Management
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ACS1
Post 2
The increase in sophistication and the advances in the field of technology allow the
surgeons to perform robot assisted surgeries. Although the success rate of this type of surgeries is
quite high, the process is not entirely risk free. The surgery accuracy of robot assisted surgeries
not only depends on the surgeon but also on the IT professional who are coding and programing
the robot. The situation gives rise to an ethical dilemma, to what extent, IT professionals are
responsible for surgery accuracy of the robots they program.
“ACS code of ethics: can be applied to solve this ethical dilemma. According to the
“ACS code of ethics”, “one should strive to enhance the quality of life of those who are affected
by their work” (ACS Code of Ethics, 2020). In accordance to this principle, IT professionals are
significantly responsible for surgery accuracy of the robots they program as the “quality of life”
of the patients are impated if the robot based surgery are not accurately performed. The accuracy
of the operations of a robot based surgery is dependent on both the surgeon and the IT
professional who are programming the robot (McDermid, 2015).
The ACS code of ethics entails a citizen o adhere to certain societal values which are
indicated as follows-
1. Primacy of Public Interest: Public Interests is to be placed above all.
2. The Enhancement of Quality of Life (ACS Code of Ethics, 2020)
3. Honesty
4. Competence
5. Professional Development