Professional Environments Ethical Dilemma

Question: Discuss about the Professional Environments for Ethical Dilemma. Answer: An ethical dilemma is solved by complying with the following steps Step 1: Identifying theIssue Hardeep is at present in an ethical dilemma. He has the duty to ensure the best possible result to his company and he is being pressured by his friend to provide the contract to company B. In this case one of the company (A) who have responded to the invitation to offer made by the government has made a better offer than the other company (B). Hardeep has the knowledge that the price provided by company B is lower than the price of Company A. However, the offer, which Company A has provided is more beneficial for the company than that of, company B. Hardeep has asserted this as the government department may have to incur extra cost with respect to the system provided by Company B. In addition, he has the knowledge that Company B belongs to his friend who is pressuring him to give the contract to the company. Step 2: Identifying the Key Values and Principles IT managers working in the public sector are regarded as a professional, registered under the Australian Computer Society (ACS). As Hardeep is an IT professional, he is bound to comply with the code of ethics as provided by the ACS. According to the fourth principle of the code of ethics, Hardeep has the duty to ensure that he works with competence towards protecting the interest of the stakeholders of his company (Clarke 2016). The interest of the stakeholders can only be ensured in this case if the company providing the best price and services are given the contract. Hardeep must act competently and ensure that he provides the contract only to the company who is giving best value for money to the government departments stakeholders. Step 3: Identification of Parties Involved In the present scenario, government department and his friend (Company B) can be the affected parties by the decision of Hardeep. For the next step, Hardeep will identify the involved value. In this case, identified values are the personal value and value of the professional code. Hardeep then needs to compare the burden and benefits of his decision so that he can make an ethical decision. Hardeep in this case, has a clear duty to give primary importance to the public interest and to work with professionalism and competency for the betterment of the companys stakeholders. Step 4: Action Plan Thus, Hardeep must keep his personal values aside and choose company A in order to acquire the required system. According to the professional code of conduct provision 1 provided by the ACS Hardeep needs to give primary importance to his professional interest over that of his personal interest. He must also act with honesty according to provision 3 of ASC professional code of conduct and knowing the fact that Company A has provided a better offer than Company B he must chose them to provide the Enterprise resource planning system. References ACS Code of Professional Conduct Professional Standards Board Australian Computer Society. (2014). 1st ed. Australian Computer Society Professional Code of Ethics Clarke, R. (2016). Big data, big risks.Information Systems Journal,26(1), 77-90. Corporation Act 2001 Corporations Act 2001 Hartman, L.P., DesJardins, J.R., MacDonald, C. and Hartman, L.P., 2014.Business ethics: Decision making for personal integrity and social responsibility. New York: McGraw-Hill. Public Service Regulations 1999 Public Services Act 1999 The Civil Law (Wrongs) Act 2002