Prelims Question # 4

Ethics is relevant regardless of the type of organization and style of management. It is by this ethics that legal and moral laws are established. IT is not at all excluded from this.

Answer then the following.

1. List down the ethics for computer usage.
http://www.purchase.edu/departments/cts/computerethicsandusage.aspx
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/policy/ethics.html

This policy is also known as the "Computer Usage Policy."

Everyone within the University of Virginia community who uses University computing and communications facilities has the responsibility to use them in an ethical, professional and legal manner. This means that users agree to abide by the following conditions:

• The integrity of the systems must be respected. This means that users of systems will not divulge passwords, pins, private keys or similar elements to anyone else, and they will not exploit sessions left open or otherwise misappropriate or steal the "identity" of another user.
• Privacy of other users must not be intruded upon at any time.
• Users must recognize that certain data are confidential and must limit their access to such data to uses in direct performance of their duties.
• The rules and regulations governing the use of facilities and equipment must be respected. Persons responsible for computing devices connected to the network will ensure that those devices are maintained in a secure state in accord with related policy.
• No one shall obtain unauthorized access to other users' accounts and files.
• The intended use of all accounts, typically for university research, instruction and administrative purposes, must be respected.
• Users shall become familiar with and abide by the guidelines for appropriate usage for the systems and networks that they access.

2. What common forms of ethic violations happen in the internet and in the organization?

Internet

1.Deceiving a machine (i.e: mimicking, imitating or attempting to use an ID other than your own)
2.Computer trespass. This includes remote systems as well as secured areas of this system
3.Modification or destruction of programs or data other than your own personal files
4.Unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access to a computer or network


3. How does ethics affect the decision making of managers?

Organizational leaders such as manager are under the spotlight, because employees are always watching supervisors and managers. Being a role model for employees may seem old fashioned, but employees are looking to supervisors for leadership. Therefore, supervisors have a tremendous influence upon employee conduct. If supervisors or managers have high ethical standards, employees will emulate the same.

4. Cite a company which experienced legal or social conflicts because of its violation of ethics. You may check as example the problem of pre-need insurance companies in the Philippines.

a. Describe briefly the nature of the problem.
b. How was this resolved?
c. Who were affected?
d. What were the damages?

The Prudential Life Inc. The global economic crisis has affected a number of industries worldwide including the Philippine pre-need industry. The trust funds of the industry have not been earning their projected returns. The local stock market and fixed income investments have performed poorly last year causing trust fund deficits.

Compounding the problem of the industry is the ongoing investigation of the Legacy fraud case. This has dragged down the confidence in our industry whose image has already been tarnished when major preneed firms went down years ago.

To address the situation, the Philippine Federation of Pre-Need Plan Companies, Inc. (PFPPCI) was left with three options to consider for its members:

Through the years, preneed products became mainstream investment instruments and have become part of the psyche of Filipinos. With very good branding and marketing endeavors by preneed companies, most Pinoys would dream of having a preneed educational plan for their children.

Cite your reference.