Assignment: Answers for Cases 1 and 2

A. ACS Code of Ethics covered including fundamental ethical notions which are virtues, duty, responsibility, harm, benefit, rights, respect and consequences. In this case 1, values and ideals are the following:

Since Diane has been successful throughout the years of has been working of advising on how to set up corporate intranets, designing database management systems, and advising about security. In ethical views, Diane could refuse the clients request because Diane knows the harmful effects and consequences of all those things. Even if the CEO, director of computing, and director of personnel are all agreed to these matters, Diane has the right and prerogative to express ideas about it. Less security system is easy to attack especially by the hackers and possible the files and datum can be accessed by anyone. Therefore, in this case, Diane’s notion for client’s request is not secure, and all she wanted is the benefit of everybody and not the prosperity of her consulting business.  Diane would thoroughly explain and liquidate detailed information so that the clients would agree to her pieces of advice for ethical act of security system, as well as the higher personnel in the company.

B. Basically, the case focuses more on the views on choosing the Priorities since the client decided to go for a less secure system. Here are the standards that we thought should apply in the case problem.

4.5.2  Endeavour to preserve the integrity and security of the information of others.

4.5.4  Endeavour to preserve the confidentiality of the information of others

4.5.5  Must advise the client or employer of any potential conflicts of interest between the assignment and legal or other accepted community requirements.

4.5.6  Must advise the clients and employers as soon as possible of any conflicts of interest or conscientious objections which face me in connection with my work.

4.6.4  Must respect and protect the clients' and employers' proprietary interests.

4.7.1  Must not knowingly mislead a client or potential client as to the suitability of a product or service.

4.7.3  Must give opinions which are as far as possible unbiased and objective.

4.7.4  Must give realistic estimates for projects under my control.

The  Values and Ideals applicable to this case would be the following:

a.       4.3.1  Priorities

b.      4.3.2  Competence

c.       4.3.3  Honesty

b)      The specific standard that should be applied are the following:

a.       4.3.1  Priorities

a)      4.5.3   I must respect the proprietary nature of the information of others.

a.       To preserve this standard, the HCI consultant must respect the proprietary nature of the information in relation to her work. This does not only include her obligation regarding this to the company, but also to outside or rival companies. To preserve respect to the other company, she must then inform Company A about the issue. But this does not mean that she can provide information to Company B about the matter, because she must also preserve the contract.

b)      4.5.5   I must advise my client or employer of any potential conflicts of interest between my assignment and legal or other accepted community requirements.

a.       The HCI consultant must let Company A know about the proprietary issue through a report or a meeting. Because it is a public knowledge and by law that copying patent or proprietary material or software is illegal, taking part of the said project would mean that she has participated and gave permission on illegal acts and means. If Company A still insists on continuing with the evaluation of the software knowing about the conflict, then she must not continue this work.

c)       4.5.6   I must advise my clients and employers as soon as possible of any conflicts of interest or conscientious objections which face me in connection with my work.

a.       The HCI consultant must also inform the client of her stand on the matter. This way, she can properly make a decision as to what to do next according to the client’s decision regarding the issue.

b.      4.3.2  Competence

a)      4.6.3   I must make myself aware of relevant standards, and act accordingly.

a.       The HCI consultant must study first the relevant standards applicable to the situation, and should act according to it. She knows that what Company A did was illegal, and she should take actions that would be ethical like informing her client about the matter.

c.       4.3.3  Honesty

a)      4.7.3   I must give opinions which are as far as possible unbiased and objective.

a.       She should also state her stand and give opinions about the issue in a way that it is unbiased, which means that she should base it not because she favors either Company A or B, but according to what the law and standards dictate (Objective).

Philippine National I.T. Standards

 

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PhilNITS Vision:

To make the Philippines an Industry Leader in IT and IT-enabled services

Mission

To attain excellence in Information Technology through the development of Certified I.T. Professionals adhering to recognized world standards

To develop our country’s human resource to sustain the I.T. industry

To accelerate economic development through the massive deployment here and abroad of our highly trained knowledge workers

Objectives

To establish an internationally recognized and accepted standard with which to measure the competency level of IT Engineers/Professionals in the country and have it adopted and implemented nationwide by Industry, Government and Academe in their selection process

To develop a workforce of Certified IT Professionals that are qualified and eligible for work not only in Japanese companies here and abroad but also in multinational companies anywhere in the world.
To help in establishing a strong middle class of qualified Filipino IT Professionals in the Academe, the Industry and Government, with good and moral work ethics, who will bring the country out of the quagmire of poverty.

To establish world leadership in I. T.


Code of Ethics:

The Philippine National IT Standards (PhilNITS) Foundation, Inc., commits to achieve its vision of making the Philippines an industry leader in global IT, through the development and implementation of an internationally recognized and accepted standard, guided by the following principles:

1) Uphold the utmost integrity of the PhilNITS implemented certification exams.

2) Maintain an unbiased and vendor-neutral perspective.

3) Promote its relevance and significance through the active collaboration with all sectors (academe, industry and the government).