Portfolio on Professional Conduct and ICT Technologies

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I am the chief product designer of my company. My job is to design different products
based on their specifications. I confronted with a negative experience recently where my team
leader asked me to design a product based on a provided blueprint. Initially, I took up the
assignment that was provided to me. I researched about the product online and found out that
the product was already used by another company. To worsen the situation, the blueprint
design was totally similar to the other company’s design. I rejected the assignment
immediately.
The reason of the conflict arose as my team leader did not think twice before giving
me such an assignment. As the product was similar, the victim company could potentially
harm your company’s reputation by charging us with infringement copyright violation laws.
The company could have faced several lawsuits due to the activity. The team leaders refused
to consider the situation and asked me to do the assignment without any more issues.
The conflict in the workplace scenario help me to learn some vital lessons. First of all,
I was able to understand why working ethically in a profession is important. There will be
unscrupulous opportunities which will be tempting at first. The team leader wanted to take a
shortcut and reduce the time of the assignment submission. His actions could have caused the
company a lot of damage. As the chief product designer of the company, I could have faced
serious repercussions due to the actions of the team leader. Moreover, if we got in into
trouble then my colleagues who are unaware of the whole incident could have faced trouble
as well.
Considering the situation, I immediately wanted to face the situation directly. I
decided that I had to talk to my senior authorities about this. I called them the very moment
and arranged for a meeting with my team leader. I discussed with them the prospected
implications of the situation and how the blueprint was similar to the product that I was told

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to develop. I also told them that I woud be able to create a better product if I was give some
more time from scratch.
The positive impaction of the entire conflict was that my senior authorities considered
my situation and decided to abandon the assignment. The negative side of the scenario was
that I pissed off my team leader due to the mentioned actions.