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PROFFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN IT2IntroductionTo advocate and address ethical practices within the organization, different organizations formulate their codes of conduct differently (Beauchamp, Bowie & Arnold, 2014). Looking at Google for instance, the company has the slogan “Don’t be evil”, words which have been appliedto regulate the way this company treats its users. The slogan is all about providing its users with unbiased information access and ensuring that their needs are fully met by giving them the best services they can. Similar to google, Dell has also come up with its own slogan which facilitates its operations “How We Win”, which guides the operations of this company across all its consumersand ensuring compliance to the applicable laws of the countries they work and serve. Apple Company on the other hand, has set some ethical standards which guide and monitor its operations, like total honesty and ethical behavior exhibit while sealing its business dealings. Ultimately, Facebook Inc. has its own codes of conductwhich have been regulating its operations to ensure that they are ethical. For instance, its employees and staff members are expected to act according to the law and in the best of their interests while carrying out their duties on behalf of the company (Foxman & Kilcoyne, 2013)What people think about the four companies?A survey which aimed at gathering the opinions of different people in regard to the four companies depicted some unique results which mainly were based on the preferences of the 10 people who undertook the survey. The table below depicts the resultsThe question which the participants were required to respond by rating each among the four companies (Google, Dell, Apple, and Facebook) was “How ethical do you think the
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PROFFESSIONAL PRACTICE IN IT3company is?” The survey used a 4 scale approach to rate the ethical level of each company1.E- ethical2.CE-completely ethical3.UE- unethical4.TUE- totally unethicalEach participant was allowed to tick according to his opinion on each of the four companies.How ethical do you think the company is?GoogleAppleDellFacebookPeopleECEUETUEECEUETUEECEUETUEECEUETUE1√xxx√xxx√xxx√xx2x√xxxx√x√xxxx√3xx√x√xxx√xxxx√x4x√xxxx√xx√xx√xx5√xxxx√xxxx√xxx√6√xxxx√xxx√xxx√x7x√xxxx√xx√xxx√x
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