6A Charan
Charan is a programmer for a small software development company. This company is still establishing its market share and is quite aggressive in setting software release dates. Charan is one of a small team responsible for programming and testing the next release of their accounting package software. There are several programs which Charan has written and they have been tested successfully by a colleague. Charan is now testing three programs written by a colleague and has found minor bugs in each of them. Their author is fixing the bugs and then Charan will retest. She expects this to take a further three weeks. Before all these bugs are resolved, his supervisor Collin informs Charan that management wishes to release the software to the public so as to meet the previously predicted finish date. To achieve this Charan, as tester, will need to sign that tests are completed but she knows this is not true. Discuss
iefly the ethical dilemma that Charan faces.
What professional ethical dilemmas are Charan and Collin dealing with here? (e.g. Should we allow or sanction Charan's behaviour? Is there a public interest question raised by this scenario? What actions do everyone involved need to take to ensure that this kind of situation does not occur again?)
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Professional Environments (Module 1 – Assignment 1)
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Assignment 1 – Professionalism, Ethics and Governance
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Module 1 - Assignment 1 – Case Study (Response Template)
Section 1 – The White Framework
Student Instructions: Fill in the Table below using short sentences or dot points to make a list in each section. You must fill out all three table cells under Issues/Results prior to marking it as complete. You should input XXXXXXXXXXwords into this section.
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Section 2 – The Governance and Regulatory Environment
Part 1 - ACS Code of Professional Conduct Analysis
Identify the appropriate ACS Code of Professional Conduct values along with the relevant sub-paragraph topics by number and sub-paragraph (e.g XXXXXXXXXXg) – endeavour to extend public knowledge and understanding of ICT). Group each by value and appropriate co
esponding sub-paragraphs relevant to your case study.
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Section 2 – The Governance and Regulatory Environment
Part 2 – Legislative and International Standards Analysis
Identify the appropriate Australian Legislation (e.g. Fair Work Act; Privacy Act). Identify and list relevant Australian/International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (AS ISO/IEC) (e.g. AS ISO/IEC 38500: XXXXXXXXXXProvide at least four items in each category in the boxes below.
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Section 3 – Justifying a Decision and Recommending Appropriate Action
Make short text responses to the five (5) questions in the spaces provided. Each response should be between XXXXXXXXXXwords (Total not to exceed 400 words).
1. What were the most important professional ethics issues/dilemmas for you in your scenario? (Reference at least two core issues)
2. What do you believe are the most appropriate decisions to be made here for management, organisation and employees?
3. Who is responsible for taking what action here and why? (Name names!)
4. What can be done, or what strategies can be implemented to ensure that a similar situation does not occur again?
5. What did you learn from reading this scenario?