Questions - Principle 5: Management

Questions ”Principle 5: Management

1. Suggest two situations in software development that deal with password policies and procedures for protecting information, for which a manager may use the Code of Ethics of Software Engineering. Do these cases raise a conflict between the manager s and the employee s point of view? In general, can you characterize cases in which the management and the employees may have different perspectives at a given situation? If such situations exist, how might they be solved ?

2. Suggest a situation in software development in which a software developer expresses ethical concerns with respect to the leading project of the company. Describe four possible reactions on the part of the management to these concerns: two of these reactions stand in line with the Code of Ethics of Software Engineering, and two reactions conflict with the Code of Ethics of Software Engineering.

3. Since software products influence so many domains, managers of software houses face many ethical dilemmas. Here are several examples: how to maximize the company profit and at the same time develop only software tools that contribute to the society? Should only ethical considerations influence management decisions even when such considerations may hurt the company? How does management ensure that the employees do not suffer from the management effort to maximize profits? Furthermore, in considering how to behave, management has to consider the different stakeholders of their company, such as clients , shareholders, employees, partners , suppliers, environment, community, and even the state. You are asked to select at least two stakeholders and to suggest a situation in which management faces an ethical dilemma that may hurt one of the parties no matter what decision is made. How would you behave in such case? Interview several of your friends about this case. What is their reaction?