The programmer I have recruited didn’t work at a company previous to his employment at our company. Assuming he did though I will discuss the ethical and moral implications of using work that he has created at his previous (imaginary) employment.
Throughout this question, the term creator will be used, this refers to the entity that created the software. In this case it was the programmer using his own software, but he must be treated as a different entity as to when he was working at another company. This means that although he made the software, he is legally a different entity now and must seek permission from the company at which he created the software. This company will be referred to as the creator throughout this essay, as they in legal terms created the software product, not the programmer.
The programmer who works at our company has had previous employment at another software company from which he has still has previous work that he created. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has compiled a list of the ethical and moral principles from which a programmer should obey to be in the moral good. These principles are, contribute to society and human well-being, don’t harm to others, be honest and trustworthy, give proper credit for intellectual property, respect the privacy of others, honor their confidentiality, approve software only if they have a well-founded belief it is safe and meets specifications, accept full responsibility for their own work, not
Ethical dilemmas occur when there is a disagreement about a situation and all parties involved question how they should behave based on their individual ethical morals. (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). The dilemma that I will be addressing in this essay involves Michael, recently employed male educator working in the nursery, and parents of a baby enrolled at the centre. The parents have raised concerns about male educators changing their child’s nappy as they have cultural practices that do not allow this practice to take place. This situation is classed as an ethical dilemma as there is a dispute between cultural beliefs and legal requirements within the workplace. There are four parties involved (parents, child, educator and director), all
The ACS codes of ethics is a part of the ACS constitution. As an ACS member you must uphold and advance the honor, dignity and effectiveness of being a professional. This involves, in addition of being a good citizen and acting within the law. While Because of their roles in developing software systems, software engineers have significant opportunities to do well or cause harm, to enable others to do well or cause harm, or to influence others to do well or cause harm. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial
Widget Tech Inc. is in need of update the company’s current code of ethics due to growth of the company and the changing workforce. Research has been conducted to revise the current policy and address topics that were previously
As mentioned in my discussion, Health Information Coding Supervisors are trusted individuals who have access to an organization’s highly confidential security system. A misrepresentation of this position can lead to significant consequences because of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (Prophet, 2015). Criminal penalties imposed on individuals who knowingly and willfully attempt to execute a scheme to defraud any health care benefit program can be up to 10 years imprisonment and possibly life imprisonment depending on the circumstances. Civil monetary penalties can lead to $2000 to $10,000 for each fraudulent payment received.
One of the most significant concern facing IT industry in the 21st century is legal, social, ethical and professional issues that are associated with appropriate uses of technologies in computing. During the implantation of the Greenwich Freecycling website, many of these issues were encountered. By deploying the correct combination of technologies that is available when implementing the website some of these issues were conquered and overcome.
The theory that I find true to the true nature of moral responsibility and its relation to human freedom and determinism would be compatibilism. Compatibilism is the claim that we are both determined and that we have moral responsibility (Lawhead 120).
The majority of the time the use of HIM coders are involved in billing and reimbursements. However, coding specialists are important players within the healthcare industry.(Davis, 2014,2007,2002) They certify that providers maintain accuracy with coding procedures and government rules. (Davis, 2014,2007,2002) HIM functions and complex of regulatory requirements where coding can be very challenging. (AHIMA, 2016) The coders follow guidelines of the American Health Information Management Association AHIMA) Code of Ethics. (AHIMA, 2016) On the patient level, it is vitally important for the coder to code accurately because this information will trail the patient success throughout their course of treatment and beyond.
In this paper the Code of Ethics from the Department of Human Services will be discussed. General information about the company, the company’s mission statement, the type of ethical system used by the company and how and when the company uses it will be talked about. Thoughts of why the company may need to modify their existing code of ethics will be included, reactions to the code of ethics that employees and managers may have and the acceptance of the code of ethics within the company and affects it has.
Apple is one of the most valuable brands in the world. The company has strong brand loyalty, impressive revenue growth and superior innovations in technology. There are many aspects of the company that contribute to Apples success. One of the most important aspects is the company’s ethical decision making. Apple has a strong ethical code of conduct that represents the company as being ethical in all decisions being made. Despite Apples positive representation, the company has been faced with many ethical issues. Apple has been involved in many litigations ranging from a domain name dispute and patent infringement, to the use of refurbished products in their repairs. These unethical acts are risky for the company and can affect the company in negative ways. Another aspect that can affect the company is their competitiveness in the technology industry. This industry has many competitors that Apple has to compete with. However, Apple has been overly aggressive in protecting their property rights.
The first thing that stood out most for me during Mr. Ariely presentation “Our Buggy Moral Code” was when he told his story about being a patient in the burn unit and when he went back to talk to the nurses that took care of him. This was intriguing to me because as healthcare providers who tend to think we know what is best and how to achieve those task in the best manner. When questioned by someone especially a patient about maybe doing the task differently, you almost have an arrogant demeanor and scoff at what they suggest. Some healthcare providers later on, away from the patient even state “well since they are such an expert why did they come here for us to do it”. This is such an atrocious response, I think as individuals when we do
The second standard of Ethical Coding is to report all healthcare data elements required for external reporting purposes completely and accurately, in accordance with regulatory and documentation standards and requirements and applicable official coding conventions, rules, and guidelines. Under this standard, a coding professional should first adhere to the ICD coding conventions, official coding guidelines approved by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American Hospital Association (AHA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), the CPT rules established by the AHA, and any other official coding rules and guidelines established
In the article 'Hacking as Politically Motivated Digital Civil Disobedience: Is Hacktivism Morally Justified? ' by Kenneth Einar Himma, She argues that the as an electronic civil disobedience, hacktivism is morally impermissible. Kenneth claims that the acts of civil disobedience is not always morally permissible because the nature of it is disobeying the state of the law and it is more expressive than the right to free speech. Then she discusses the framework to evaluate acts of civil disobedience in both sides of favoring and against the civil disobedience. Ultimately, she argues that hacktivism as a kind of electronic civil disobedience is impermissible because of its moral disvalue to the society when applied the evaluation framework to it.
This article look at the compliance of medical coding and how it affects the health care industry. Coding compliance has come in effect primarily in the 1990’s. The article basically looks at defining ethics and it involves coding and complying with the guidelines. The article looks at procedures for coding. Coding procedures are usually designed to fit the needs of the particular settings. According to the article some codes are general straight forward. However in some health care setting codes have to justified or clarified with more information. These codes may need modifiers to make the adjustment.
In the workplace as well as one’s personal life is essential for ethics to be maintained; often taking the right action is not always the most popular choice. It is important for maintaining an upstanding ethical code of conduct to be a productive individual as well as function as an employee in the workplace.
IT Professional is a publication (Keith W. Miller 2009), it is such like book publication, it also has copyright problem, plagiarism problem, and many problems like book publication, so, to be the Professionals, they must act like the book authors to solve these problems. In aspects of IT, the side of ethical problems are including advice on how professionals can recognize, analyze, and make judgments on challenging questions about right, wrong, and computing. Computers have become essential tools of modern humans, regardless life, entertainment, education, work, and business are related with computer. Computer impact on human society very much. So knowing the Information Technology Ethics is very important to everyone, because it is useful to everyone who lives in this