Business Information Systems: Teamwork and Deloitte Case Study

This case study analyzes the application of information systems in business, focusing on two primary examples: the use of wearables in modern workplaces and the data analytics project at Daimler Trucks Asia. The first case study explores ethical issues related to employee data collection, storage, and usage, highlighting benefits such as improved communication and risks like privacy violations. The second case study delves into Daimler Trucks Asia's data-related challenges, including the impact of data issues, the benefits and risks of their data analytics project, and the future of big data and disruptive innovations. The analysis emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations, data management, and strategic business model transformation for sustained competitiveness. The case study provides an overview of the issues, benefits, and risks associated with information systems in the business context.

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Contents
1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2
2. Discussion..............................................................................................................................2
2.1 The ethical issues.............................................................................................................2
2.2 The benefits of accumulating such data...........................................................................2
2.3 The risks of amassing such data.......................................................................................3
3. Conclusion..............................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................5

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1. Introduction
The case study is all about wearables in the modern workplaces along with the risks
of organizational staff surveillance. Besides, this article chosen for case study 5 is
highlighting the issue that employers in this digital era are contending with moral quandaries
on how they utilize their workforces’ data (Financial Times, 2017). Moreover, this case study
suggests that communication is vital in business for knowing who owns the data and who
requires it (Sutton & Austin, 2015).
2. Discussion
2.1 The ethical issues
The ethical issues discussed in the article written by (Financial Times, 2017), are as follows:
 Ethical concerns like collecting data about the workers by the company have been
highlighted
 Ethical concerns like storing data about the workers by the company have been
highlighted
 Ethical concerns like using data about the workers by the company have been
highlighted
 In addition to that, lawyers, HR professionals, as well as unions suggested that in
response to an ethical quandary, employers should act swiftly to generate codes of
conduct for the data management (Smith, 2014).
 Lastly, ethical issues related to the information system in business have been
highlighted (Enterslice, 2017).
2.2 The benefits of accumulating such data
The profits of accumulating such data are as follows:
For employers
 Maintaining transparency (Khatri & Brown, 2010).
 Collaboration among organizational people
 Smooth data analysis (Data resolve, 2018).

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 Reduced cost of data management and analysis
 Better communication channels
 Improved growth and success (Cavusgil et al., 2014).
For employees
 Keeping pace with technological changes
 Better response to ethical dilemmas
 Less danger to staff surveillance (Ferrell & Fraedrich, 2015).
 Interactive business environment
 Personal development and growth (Buckley & Ghauri, 2015).
2.3 The risks of amassing such data
The risks of accumulating such data are as follows:
For employers
 Ethical dilemmas (West, 2019).
 Violation of the individual privacy of their employees (SHONK, 2018).
 A need for devising codes of conduct in relation to their data collection practices
 A need for better regulation on data management
 Expensive data systems to analyze statistics (Berson et al., 2011).
For employees
 Ethical quandaries
 Privacy issues as the data will be available for anyone in the company to see
 Hindered productivity (Amit & Zott, 2012).
3. Conclusion
In whole, this case study has highlighted the ethical issues related to wearables within
modern organizations successfully. Besides, the case study analysis has studied the dangers to
staff’s surveillance with the help of this case study analysis. In addition to that, a need for

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devising the codes of conduct has been highlighted in the context of ethical quandaries on
how employer use as well as collect their workforces’ data.

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References
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Cavusgil, S.T. et al., 2014. International business. Australia: Pearson.
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Enterslice, 2017. Introduction and Types of International Business Environment (IBE).
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Ferrell, O.C. & Fraedrich, J., 2015. Business ethics: Ethical decision making & cases. UK:
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Financial Times, 2017. Wearables in the workplace and the dangers of staff surveillance.
[Online] Available at: https://www.ft.com/content/089c0d00-d739-11e6-944b-e7eb37a6aa8e
[Accessed 26 Augustus 2019].
Khatri, V. & Brown, C.V., 2010. Designing data governance. Communications of the ACM,
53(1), pp.148-52.
SHONK, K., 2018. Emotion and the Art of Business Negotiations. [Online] Available at:
https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/business-negotiations/emotion-and-the-art-of-business-
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Smith, , 2014. What is Data corruption and how to prevent it. [Online] Available at:
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Sutton, J. & Austin, Z., 2015. Qualitative research: data collection, analysis, and
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West, S., 2019. Data capitalism: Redefining the logics of surveillance and privacy. Business
& Society, 58(1), pp.20-41.

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