Portfolio: Ethical Perception of Professional Activities and Use of ACS Code of Professional Conduct

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I work at a company where my job is to design different types of products as per their
requirements. Just a few days back, I faced a negative experience at my workplace. The team
leader who was assigned to my team told me to do a particular assignment and gave me a
blueprint of the product. The task was based on designing a product which has some basic
specifications that was noted in the blueprint. I accepted the task initially. I started
researching about the product online and came upon the website of a company eventually
who was using the same product whit the same specifications. This surprised me as the
specifications were similar to what was proposed to me in the blueprint. I declined the task
immediately.
The main reason why the conflict started in the first place was due to the simple fact
that my team leader did not want t accept his mistake. The similarity of the product could
have pushed the other company to file a case on our company for infringement of copyright
laws. The lawsuit that my company would have got due to his actions could have destroyed
the reputation of the company and could have caused irreparable damage. The higher
authorities failed to understand the situation and told me to continue with my work without
any more delays.
From the conflicting scenario, I came to learn some essential things. I understood the
importance of working ethically and the temptations of malicious actions. The team leader
wanted to take a shortcut for completing the task before the deadline so he assigned me a
copied blueprint from another company. His action could have cause the company to face a
lot of problems legally. Being the chief designer of the company, I would have faced several
allegations as well as I was in charge of designing the product. The other personnel of the
company would have been affected as well if the company lost its reputation.

2PORTFOLIO
As per the scenario mentioned above, I decided to conform the situation directly by
making my higher authorities understand the implications of the actions done by the team
leader. A meeting was arranged and eventually I made them understand the seriousness of the
issue. I told them that if I was given enough time, I am capable enough to design my own
blueprint of the product from the beginning.
The negative side of the whole scenario was that my TL got angry on me for
disobeying his orders. The positive side of the entire scenario was that the higher authorities
finally understood the implications of the team leader’s actions and proposed some
fundamental rules and regulations for ethical adherence.