Professional IT Culture: Ethical Decision-Making and Career Development

Running head: PROFESSIONAL IT CULTURE
Professional IT culture
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Executive Summary
The foremost purpose of subtask 1 is to focus on a case study which involves around a
software company which released their product instead of knowing that there was a bug with
it, that bug caused great damage after the first slots were released in the markets. The roles
and responsibilities of all the stakeholders regarding this case is discussed in details
according to the different ethical codes and their unethical activities were analysed using the
ACS Code of Professional Conduct.
The foremost purpose of subtask 2 is to focus on a career plan with the help of the SFIA
framework which is the globally accepted framework. All the different professional
approaches which a candidate must have and implement those in order to have a successful
stint are discussed in the paper. There a career development timeline with milestones which
helps in understanding the project in a more detailed manner.

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................1
Subtask 1....................................................................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Ethical decision-making approaches of stakeholders................................................................3
Ethical Dilemma.........................................................................................................................4
Ethical response to the dilemma................................................................................................4
ACS Code of Professional Conduct relevant to this case study.................................................4
Analysis......................................................................................................................................6
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Subtask 2....................................................................................................................................7
Introduction................................................................................................................................7
Analysis......................................................................................................................................7
Career development timeline with milestones...........................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
Reference..................................................................................................................................10

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Subtask 1
Introduction
The foremost purpose of this business report is to focus on the ethical issue of a
software development organisation. This paper will be focussing on all the stakeholders
associated with this case study. The prime determination of this report will be helping the
readers to know about different kinds of ethics related to decision making in an organisation,
the roles and responsibilities of an experienced employee of an organisation (Burmeister,
2017). The main feature of this business report is the application of the ACS Code of
Professional Conduct in this case study. The report concludes with an ethical philosophy
which will be analysing this case study.
Ethical decision-making approaches of stakeholders
This case study involves stakeholders such as Mr. McBright who is an employer of a
software development organisation known as NewAge Pty Ltd, Mrs McDonald who is a 5-
year-old inefficient professional in the same company, Joseph Luck who is the mayor of
Living City. The activity of Mr. McBright states that he was completely wrong in his
decision making by accepting the proposal of Mrs McDonald by keeping the issue of bugged
OS a secret. Being an experienced employee Mrs McDonald also failed in her decision-
making skills as her approach resulted in a huge loss for the company. The responsibility of
the mayor cannot be questioned as he focussed on the job opportunities of the civilians rather
than supporting such a decision which will create more problems for him.