Case Study 2: Software Sharing
Recognize an Ethical Issue
1. Is there something wrong personally, interpersonally, or socially? Could the conflict, the situation, or the decision be damaging to people or to the community?
2. Does the issue go beyond legal or institutional concerns? What does it do to people, who have dignity, rights, and hopes for a better life together?
The software sharing is certainly an ethical issue, since the company is merely non-existing with no more information available. Personally Jim and I should not share or the program even though the program is out of print. Socially illegal use of the program for business purposes will potentially hurt business client, in which deserve a legal software usage. The
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However, this solution will be difficult to Jim since he has buy his computer and buying a new one will directly affect his cash flow.
9. Which option would help all participate more fully in the life we share as a family, community, society?
Common Good Approach: The ethical action is the one that contributes most to the achievement of a quality common life together.
Let Jim to use my computer in my place will be an ethical decision that will produce biggest achievement of a quality common life together.
10. Would you want to become the sort of person who acts this way (e.g., a person of courage or compassion)?
Virtue Approach: The ethical action is the one that embodies the habits and values of humans at their best.
Jim should not even thinking of using my computer in my place and he should make a research to find other program options. Even though he will spend more money and probably make a lost in this project, he has to respect program C maker, me and his client by not letting them run into legal issues.
Make a Decision and Test It
11. Considering all these perspectives, which of the options is the right or best thing to do?
By letting Jim to use my computer in my place with prior efforts to do best in contacting program C software maker, this is the best ethical action can be done.
12. If you told someone you respect why you chose this option, what
The people who are impacted by this situation are Emanuel, his roommate and Microsoft Corporation. Emanuel’s roommate offered a free copy of Microsoft Word to Emanuel. If Emanuel accepts the offer he benefits greatly because he will be able to complete his assignments efficiently in his dorm room instead of using the college library but Microsoft will not profit and the roommate will have broken the law and potentially receive a penalty or fine for sharing a licensed product. But if Emanuel denies his roommates offer and purchases his own software, Microsoft will profit and no law will be broken. Morally and ethically this is the right decision.
2. In recommending this action, what would be your immediate objectives? What would be your longer range objectives?
4. I agree with this quote because it emphasises how backwards our way of thinking may be when it comes to
It's like the saying "If it's not broken, don't fix it." It's not hurting anyone if you don't issue this program but it is more than likely that it will affect at least a few if you do pursue it.
30. When people create the best life possible given their circumstances, they are acting as ____.
This determines the project’s outcome, usefulness, effectiveness, cost, and time it takes the project to be completed. This also determines the future outcome of the project and will be needed for an upgrade. The scope of the project will be determine and completed within six months. The resources constraints of completing the project will be determine by cost and time. The cost could be higher from the original cost for the completion of the project. The expected cost of the project will be $50,000. This will include paying the project team, cost of software, and hardware. The V.P. of operations of Riordan Manufacturing will approve any changes made to the project. The project team that will be working on this project will be the IT department within the company.
It is not easy to stand up for something that is looked down upon, but sometimes, you have to stand alone. It is easy to lead by example therefore, if you are kind, it will eventually spread throughout your community.
4. I often apologize for things that aren’t my fault. No, I don’t find the need to apologize for others faults.
a. I have solid, well-considered ethical beliefs that can be altered only by reasoned arguments or new evidence.
I believe that when we establish a computer ethics program with education, training and awareness programs, it is important to consider the topics that have been addressed and researched. Moreover, despite sometimes tense relationship researchers can have with their institutional review boards (IRBs), these groups can often help researchers think about how to address potential dilemmas before projects
might be used for more things. Tony wants to know about the deal that his company
The ethical dilemma is a situation by which it’s difficult to determine whether a situation is can be handled without disappointing both sides. Therefore, an ethical dilemma exists when the right thing to do is clear or when members of the healthcare team cannot agree on the right thing to do. Ethical dilemmas require negotiation of different points of view (potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall 2011pg 78).
A year later the vendor is bought by another company, and the software is removed from the marketplace. The new owner believes this software will provide them with a competitive advantage they want to reserve for themselves. The new vendor terminates all lease agreements and revokes all licenses on their expiration. But Jane still has the floppies she made as backup.
C. My leadership have two pillars ‘together better’ and ‘justice’, so I have a balance.
The computers currently in question have been in use for approximately 12 months as of November 2011. The computers we currently use are of lower quality and were most likely purchased at a bargain price. The result of this approach has been a computing system that is quite unreliable. Since the beginning of the summer of 2012, employees have reported a number of technological setbacks including: