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ICT Professional Practice and Ethics : Assignment

   

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ICT Professional Practice

Running Head: ReportContentsIntroduction.................................................................................................................................................2Situation analysis.........................................................................................................................................2Analysis of the situation from the point of view of an ICT Professional using the ACS Code of Ethics.....4Conclusion that brings together the two analyses and presents overall recommendations...........................7Recommendations.......................................................................................................................................8References.................................................................................................................................................101

Running Head: ReportIntroductionThe case study named as the statistical program talks about the ethical and unethical behavior of the employees in the organization. The case study is based on the statistical database programmer, Jeans who is working on the statistical program of the company. The nature of work is complex in nature, but the manager of the company put a lot of pressure on her to complete the project in a few days and submit it to him. However, because of this pressure, she merged the various codes from the work of co-worker and made a use of the commercial software package of another company in order to submit the project immediately to her. She submits that work to her manager without telling him the facts of the statistical program. Situation analysisHowever, I have analyzed that the Jean made use of the unethical manner for the submission of the project in a few days. The jeans adopted all the unethical ways under pressure and without understanding the complexity of the work. It is also being noted that the employees used the wrong techniques just for the purpose of finishing the product on time and also hide all these techniques from the authorities. It has been analyzed that the organization is not following up theethical norms. The manager of the organization put a pressure on the employee which is very unethical on his part as it will disturb the employees. The manager by putting pressure on the employees creates the situation where no other options are left with the employees to complete the program of statistical technique at any cost [ CITATION SGi05 \l 1033 ]. 2

Running Head: ReportOn the other side, the employee Jean, should not used the unethical ways to complete their task. However, she should not used the parts of the work done by the colleague and commercial software package of another company. This is a very difficult situation as the employee hides thesame things and her wrong techniques from the management team of the company. The management is the only part of the organization which is responsible for the organization rise and fall [ CITATION Ame10 \l 1033 ]. The major ethical issue found in the case study is used of the wrong technology by the Jeans, which is given to hum with an intent of the betterment of the organization. It is her responsibilityto behave in an ethical manner and should not use the parts of the other worker’s project for theirown projects. The hiding of these techniques from the management affects the company in a verynegative way. On the other side, manager is also accountable for breaking up the code of ethics as it is her duty to understand the problem of the employees as well as the complexity level of the project. The manager is the only reason that the employee performed in an unethical ways because he put a pressure on the employees for the completion of the programs and this type of behavior is not an ethical behavior. Moving further, it is analyzed that the investors and shareholders invest a large amount of moneyjust for the sake of the organizational enhancement. The company will be affected negatively because of the wrong activities performing by the employees in the organization. The training is the most essential part as the employees should have the knowledge of the ethics in order to perform well in the organization and saves the company from the huge losses [ CITATION PMI12 \l 1033 ]. The consequences of wrongdoings may affect the performance of the business as the quality level of the employees performance becomes low. However, training programs are very much helpful in providing the knowledge and awareness to the people regarding the 3

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