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The Case of the Troubled Computer Programmer - COM ITC506

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Charles Sturt University

   

Information Technology Ethics (COM ITC506)

   

Added on  2020-03-01

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COM ITC506 - The  following paper is based on the case study of a troubled cumputer programmer. The paper discusses his situation in different cases and other scenarios. The paper starts with details about the case. then it goes asking about facts,issues (non-ethical), who is affected. It also include ethical issues and their implications, What can be done about it. 

The Case of the Troubled Computer Programmer - COM ITC506

   

Charles Sturt University

   

Information Technology Ethics (COM ITC506)

   Added on 2020-03-01

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SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS, CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITYScenario 2: The Case of the TroubledComputer ProgrammerAssignment 1: Doing Ethics TechniqueName of the StudentStudent NumberWord Count:
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Scenario 2: The Case of the Troubled Computer ProgrammerQ1. What is going on?In the following case scenario, it could be seen that the supervisor of a developer in anorganization calls him up to ask for information about particular software. The software is totake a better note for the inventory of the clients. However, the developer informs thesupervisor about this particular software appropriate for the service with one drawback ofbeing too expensive. The supervisor advices the developer to take the software from thecompany archive and install it anyway to the client’s computer. He even ordered thedeveloper to make the operation as discrete as possible. In addition, he warned the developerto perform the task so task they do not have to lose the client as they happen to be one of themost important for the organization.Q2. What are the facts?According to the case study analysis, it is clearly noticeable that the supervisor of thecompany, who had ordered his subordinate to install the software to the client’s computeronly to save expenses, is the main responsible person behind the ethical issues. This decisiongives rise to the following ethical problems that puts the subordinate employee in a moraldilemma and indirectly puts the client organization in a situation with ethical issues (Pullen &Rhodes, 2015). Since the client organization does not know about the situation, they wouldunintentionally be dragged into this unethical situation.Q3. What are the issues (non-ethical)?In this particular case study, it has been identified that there are in fact several ethicalproblems. Direct experience or observation of the behaviour of different people can help inidentifying latest patterns. The first and foremost ethical problem is the dilemma of followingName of the Student
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Scenario 2: The Case of the Troubled Computer Programmerthe orders of a senior. Moreover, if the decision to be taken does not comply with the moralof a human being, it is still mandatory to abide by a person’s stakeholder or employer.Secondly, the decision taken would put the company under legal obligations of depriving ofthe software developer from recognition (Chaudhary, 2016). Indirectly, the client of theorganization would also be harmed by this. Again, abiding by the supervisor would meanviolating the license agreement for the original software.Q4. Who is affected?There is a possibility that many people would be affected by this problem. Firstly, thesoftware is the brainchild of the developer. He gains entire copyright of the softwareincluding the UI, the graphics and the designs included. That is why the software ethicallyneeds to be purchased first to stand by the license agreement (Ogola & Githaiga, 2017).When the supervisor decides to install it directly to the client’s computer without purchasingit to save expense, it violates the copyright claims of the developer. This also puts the clientinto indirect trouble. The subordinate also faces trouble since his moral values do not agree tothe decision, but ethically he cannot disobey his superior.Q5. What are the ethical issues and their implications?In the contemporary era of information exchange, it is very difficult to identify theethical problems. Creating software is entirely the credit of the software developer andanonymously using their works are classified as violation of intellectual rights (Bahry et al.,2015). It involves the creator’s images, name, designs and many other attributes that belongssolely to the developer. Using their ideas and not giving any credit to them is regarded as amajor ethical problem, especially in this case where the superior orders the subordinate to useName of the Student
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