Information Technology Ethics Assignment (Solved)

Running head: SCENARIO 2: DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY 0
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY
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Technology Ethics
Assignment 1: Doing Ethics Technique
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SCENARIO 2: DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGY 1
Q1. What is going on?
This paper will evaluate the ethical issues provided in Video 2 (Scenario 2:
Development methodology) (Al-Saggaf, 2016) by using Doing ethics technique (DET). The
Doing ethics technique assists in evaluating ethical and unethical issues in a specific scenario
by giving answers to simple questions which are relating to the scenario (Franck, 2017). In
this video, a junior developer receives calls directly from the client. The client requested on
the call regarding making new changes to the software. The junior manager confirms the
client that the company will make such changes in order to make him happy. The junior
developer also confirms that the software will be delivered by the corporation within the set
deadline after making new changes.
Q2. What are the facts?
 The client directly calls the junior developer in order to suggest some new changes to
the software.
 The junior developer confirms such changes to the client without consulting or taking
permission from the project manager.
 The junior developer also confirms to the client that the company will make such
changes to the software and deliver with within the set deadline.
Q3. What are the issues (non-ethical)?
 The key issue in the case is that the junior developer approves new changes requested
by the client without consulting them with the project manager.
 It is unethical that the junior manager overrode the organisational hierarchy without
confirming with the project manager.
 The project manager violated the communication process by directly dealing with the
client regarding changes made to the contract. He acts over his authority by accepting
the changes requested by the client without forwarding them to the client.
Q4. Who is affected?
The stakeholders in this scenario include the client, project manager, organisation, and
junior developer. In case the company is unable to deliver the software with requested