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ITC506 - Topics in Information Technology Ethics - Assignment

   

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SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITYEarly Launch/Scenario 3 Assignment 1: Doing Ethics TechniqueYour NameStudent NumberWord Count: 1250
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Early Launch/Scenario 3Q1. What's going on?The title of this video is ‘Early Launch’. It starts with a scenario where the Program Directorof the company is talking over the phone with the Chief Information Officer ("Scenario 3:Early Launch", 2017). Then the Project Manager enters the room. The Program Directorinforms him that the Chief Executive Officer of the company is creating pressure on theChief Information Officer regarding early delivery of the ‘Willis project’. The CIA of thecompany even asked the Program Director whether their team will be able to deliver theWillis project one month earlier by eliminating the encryption part of the project. The CIAwas worried whether the client company will sign the next contract or not whose worth isover and above 3 million. In reply the Project Manager said that according to Jason, theSenior Developer of the company, encryption is an important requirement for the Willeysystem that is needed to done. The Program Director on the other hand said that thechances of the system to get hacked is very little and if they deliver the project earlier thenthis will open several opportunities for the company in future. The situation depictedtension and dilemma between the Program director and the Project Manager of thecompany. Q2. What are the facts?The scenario depicts an IT based company. There is a confusion regarding what can be done.The Program Director suggests that if the project team delivers the project one monthearlier then there will be several opportunities for the company as well as the team.Delivering the project earlier will convince the client company to sign the next contractwhose worth is more than 3 million. The company will definitely gain and even the projectYour Name
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Early Launch/Scenario 3team will earn huge bonuses. The project team can deliver the Willis project one monthearlier by not including the encryption part and later on attach encryption software afterfew weeks (Stallings & Tahiliani, 2014). The Project manager on the other hand has adifferent point of view. According to him, encryption is an essential part of the Willeysystem and not encrypting it can cause serious trouble for the client company. It will alsoaffect the reputation of the vendor company. Q3. What are the issues (non-ethical)?There is a severe non ethical issue in this matter. The ethics of encryption is an importantpart of organization or business ethics (Bellwood et al., 2014). When a vendor companydelivers software, then it is the key responsibility of the client company to incorporate thesecurity matter in the software project that it is delivering. If the company delivers theWillis project without encryption then it is a major non ethical issue in the security of thebusiness organization. This will show that the company is not responsible enough to takecare of the security of its client. Later on if the software of the Willey system gets hacked,then this will cause a loss of several sensitive data of the client company. If the vendorcompany does not encrypt the software that it is delivering to the client company just todeliver it before one month, then this becomes a non ethical issue in terms of businesssecurity and safety.Q4. Who is affected?If the vendor company delivers the Willis project to the client company without encrypting itthen there will a lot affected people. First of all, if the unprotected and unencryptedsoftware gets hacked then this will cause a severe loss of sensitive information. This will inYour Name
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