Case Study Professional ethics Case 1 You work

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Case Study – Professional ethics

Case Study – Professional ethics

Case – 1 • You work for a surveillance technology company, developing behavior recognition

Case – 1 • You work for a surveillance technology company, developing behavior recognition systems to protect people from the threat of terrorism – a project that you believe in. However, you have misgivings about the company’s new venture into developing hidden cameras for individual use, although you recognize that your company are legally entitled to develop these monitoring products. • What do you do?

Case - 2 • Bill is a software engineer who is asked to give

Case - 2 • Bill is a software engineer who is asked to give an opinion in court as to the level of security offered by a company’s data protection procedures. Bill suspects that the system may not be completely secure, though he has not had the opportunity to inspect it as thoroughly as he would like. • Should Bill accept the request to appear as an expert witness? If so, how should he phrase his testimony?

Case - 3 • You have been hired by the CEO of a financial

Case - 3 • You have been hired by the CEO of a financial company to develop an internal communications system for non-confidential information. You feel that it is important to include substantial safety features, but the CEO is confident – over-confident, in your opinion – in her ability to ensure that staff members restrict their communications to non-sensitive information. • Should you suggest that advice is given by a security consultant; push your opinion that extra security is essential, or proceed as your client requests?

Case - 4 • You have undertaken some consultancy work with a foreign company,

Case - 4 • You have undertaken some consultancy work with a foreign company, under a scheme whereby half of your fee comes from the central government. However, the client company informs you after the work has been done that they are in financial difficulties, and that the only way you will be paid in full is if you falsify the invoice document so that the government pays 100% of your fee. You are also told that this is standard practice, and happens with the cooperation of the administrators of the government fund • What should you do?

Case - 5 • You are the managing director of a software company providing

Case - 5 • You are the managing director of a software company providing elearning tools. You are planning to tender for some work from a public sector agency – an e-learning course aimed at job-seekers. The work as specified in the Invitation to Tender is, in your opinion, unnecessarily complex. On the one hand, your business needs to take on work, and if you do not bid for the work as described it may be less likely that you will win this contract. Moreover, even if you do win it, a less complex project will bring in less revenue. • Should you bid for the work as described; submit a bid for a more simple system; or ignore the work altogether?