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Act 3 Ethics
Act 3 Ethics
BSIT 3
Yes, in that case, the more that Alice should not give her
password to Josh. If another employee or management of Beta
Software finds out about Joshs access to Alices account
credentials, then they might put Josh in a situation where Josh
has nothing to do but take advantage of Alpha Softwares
company details.
Once again, the more that she should not give her password. On
the other side, if another employee or management of Alpha
Software finds out that a person from a competitor has access
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POSITION
a. Suppose Alice had denied Joshs request. Did anyone in the scenario do
anything wrong in your view? Explain
The mistake was when Josh asked for her company accounts
account credentials. In case Alice denied it, she did the right
thing and Josh should be eligible to understand.
No one did anything wrong. Her boss did the right thing for the
sake of the companys privacy. We didnt know maybe after Alice
was fired, the IT staff has to do something complicated like
configuring all the companys information and moving it to
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another database or something that will affect not just Alice but
other departments as well.
CONTEXT
a. Suppose Alpha Software never told Alice that her e-mail would be
monitored. Would that affect your answer to the previous question? Explain.
b. Suppose Carol had once been guilty of doing something similar. She also
was caught, but simply received a reprimand. Would that affect your answer
to question 1?
c. Suppose we agree, for the time being, that Carol was justified in firing
Alice. We know something that Carol cannot know, namely that Josh did not
view any Alpha Software files and did not alter anything belonging to Alpha
Software in any way. If, through some mysterious process Carol could know
what we know, would she still be justified in firing Alice? Explain.
Depending on her care for the company, and if she also did the
same thing back then, then as a human person I doubt that she
will be justified. Lives of people depend on the salary they are
getting from their jobs and she wouldve realized Alices situation
at her worst and regret firing her.
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although they have never been close, they have always been friendly with
each other.
When stopped, Dolores readily concedes that she missed the stop sign. She
says that she was on her way to drop off her daughter at her day-care center
before going to work. A bee had flown through the window, upsetting her
daughter, and Dolores had become distracted. As a result, she simply did not
notice the stop sign. She appeals to Officer Schmidt to overlook her error and
let her be on her way so that she can get her daughter to day care and still
get to work on time.
Officer Schmidt has a decision to make, the law in this case permits a certain
amount of discretion by the police in the case of a rolling stop, but that
discretion clearly does not apply in this case. Dolores did not even see the
stop sign, much less slow down for it.
Reflection Questions
POSITION
a. What should Officer Schmidt do? In particular, should be:
1.
2.
3.
Arrest Dolores?
Note that the question asks what the Officer Schmidt should do, not what
you think he is likely to do.
CONTEXT
a. Suppose Dolores had been an 18-year-old male whom Officer Schmidt did
not know. should that affect the officer's decision? Explain.
No even if the person who violated the rule is the son of the
president or even the president of the country, he should still be
apprehended.
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c. Suppose Dolores had been rude and argumentative with Officer Schmidt.
Should that affect his decision?
POSITION
a. Question 1 offers three, an only three, possible choices for Officer
Schmidt. Do you have a definite opinion on the proper course of action? If so,
why do you have that opinion? If you don't have a clear opinion, do you think
additional information would help form your opinion? If so, what information?
CASE: Warning or Ticket? Scenario 2
The situation is the same as Scenario 1 except that, when Dolores ran the
stop sign, she struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk, badly injuring him.
Reflection Questions
CONTEXT
a. You still have three choices about Officer Schmidt's proper course of
action: give Dolores a warning, cite her, or arrest her. Has the information
about the pedestrian changed your opinion from the previous scenario? Why
or why not
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No, once again whoever that person is, whatever his position is,
no matter if the one struck is poor or rich, no matter what his
social class is, the law should still be followed and the violator
should take the consequences of his actions. On the side of
Schmidt, he should still do the right thing and that is to both give
Dolores a ticket and arrest her or bring her to the nearest police
station as well to explain what happened. But the first thing that
should be done is to bring the one struck to the hospital and
make sure he or she is safe.
POSITION
a. Suppose Officer Schmidt had stopped Dolores for running the stop sign
the previous week and had given her warning. Was Officer S
chmidt
wrong to have done that? Explain.