SS 07202: Professional Ethics

Quiz # 1 (Fall 2022)

Name: __________________________________________ Reg #: _______________________ Section: ____A____

Total Marks 10 Date: _____/______/________

Obtained Marks
Time Allowed: 80 minutes

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Consider the following case and answer a few questions by giving reasons due to Ethical Dilemma.
A software engineer discovers that a colleague has been downloading restricted files that contain trade
secrets about a new product that the colleague is not personally involved with. He knows the colleague has
been having financial problems, and he fears the colleague is planning to sell the secrets or perhaps leave the
company and use them in starting up his own company. Company policy requires him to inform his
supervisor, but the colleague is a close friend.
Questionnaire!

1. Identify (and elaborate) the moral dilemma (or dilemmas) for the software engineer.

2. Identify and explain the moral/ethical concepts (ideas) involved in dealing with the moral issue(s)
discovered by the software engineer.

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3. Identify the factual inquiries which you think might be done by the software engineer about what his
colleague had been doing and needed in making a confirmation of the issue discovered by the software
engineer?

4. Formulate the options you see available for solving the dilemma. The options must be suitable and not
having an issue in itself. The options must not include the option about telling/reporting the issue to his
supervisor.

5. Explain which one of the options mentioned in Q. 4 is most suitable.

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[CLO 1] [PLO 8] [A4] [Marks: 10]

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