Reynaldo Marasigan                                    IT-ETHICS                                              February 19, 2008

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Chapter 4: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS, CODES OF CONDUCT AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY

1. Cods inspire the members of a profession to behave ethically, codes guide the members of a profession in ethical choices, codes educate the members of a profession about their professional obligations, codes discipline members when they violate one or more of the codes directives, codes “sensitive” members of a profession to ethical issues and alert them to ethical aspects they otherwise might overlook, codes inform the public about the nature and roles of the profession, codes enhance the profession in the eyes of the public. The ACM / IEEE-CS of the SECEPP that is adopted by the both constitutes with the virtue to give consistently the public interest, client and employer interests, quality of the products, professional judgment and independence, management of the leaders, profession and its colleagues and especially the value of themselves.

    

2. There can be no possible coherent and comprehensive codes of conduct, basically because of the fact that, different people has their different belief of conduct. I can assume that at some point people can have a standard of this codes of conduct, however, it is still standard it is still open for change and different computer professional has their own belief and can deviate form what the codes of conduct tells.

    

3. As a software engineer for XYZ Computer Corporation and given  a project and as the team lead I should no first what is the objective. The objective of one project is very important, realizing that the objective of the project is not good as base on my own understanding I should appeal on this project. Ask what really the purpose why this certain objectives of Missile Defense System arise. Also I’ll make sure that this project would really beneficial for the XYZ company and also to our customers anf especially for the mankind. Considering the different dilemmas, like why does the other candidates of this project refuse to work with this project could become a mean of my refusal and at the same time my wife who will be giving birth after months. The fact that I have this obligations for the company by that time when my wife will give I make sure that I will request for a paternity live as the father and because of this leave the time will be wasted if I accept the possible given job.

    

4. Whistle blowing or also called “blowing the whistle” comes from the effort by individuals to get the public attention. It is generally understood to occur when one or more employees go outside the organization to shed some light on misconduct within the organization.

    

The case that implementing the system that is not sure if it is work especially if it will be used in the public is NO! NO! Firstly, because of the fact that it would not function correctly on what is the system requirements. It is said that it is 99% percent working but the fact the it is not yet have been tested could make the system crash. Every people value time and if the public transportations system would fail and will not give them the best service at the time of implementation it would be a great hinder to everyone. Maybe the software must be discussed on how will it works if it will be implemented in the public and noted that there are still possible defects that can occur during the implementation part of the system.

5. The purpose of whistle blowing is to get the public attention, there is a connotation that if you get the public attention without that high rank in the society or you are popular in any other way you are wrong. Yet still it also serves the purpose to inform the public. In my own point of view, not all whistle blowing is negative but we must be creative to think what its really purpose is. To make it illegal and be punishable offense we must study it first why this certain people whistle blow.