BRANCHING SCENARIO III

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This activity requires you to deliberate over an ethical problem

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INTEGRITY: CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST

As an employee in a company handling confidential client data, you stumble upon a folder containing sensitive information about a competitor's upcoming product launch. Your objective is to decide whether to access the competitor's data for potential benefits or report the incident to your supervisor,.

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What do you do?

Choose one of the following:-

Report the breach of data to your superior or relevant authority

Keep the information to yourself as revealing it to anyone would cause further issues

Access the competitor's data in order to give your organization an advantage

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Feedback 1

YOU make a report to the authority

Revealing vital information to a superior is a very brave choice. It shows that you value honesty and integrity highly. You might feel that you will not gain anything valuable from this action, however acting in good faith would prevent any further legal or moral issues down the road.

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Feedback 1

YOU make a report to the authority

Revealing vital information to a superior is a very brave choice. It shows that you value honesty and integrity highly. You might feel that you will not gain anything valuable from this action, however acting in good faith would prevent any further legal or moral issues down the road.

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FEEDBACK 2

YOU KEEP THE SECRET TO YOURSELF

There is no harm in keeping some secrets to yourself, especially if you are not sure what the consequences might be if you were to reveal the data breach. You might feel that sometimes it is better to "look out for number 1". In this scenario, at least in the short term, no one gets hurt.

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FEEDBACK 3

YOU GRAB THE ADVANTAGE

This was a golden opportunity for your organization to gain a valuable momentum and you took it. You might feel that the other side would have done the same if it had been them, If anyone is going to lose out, it is better them than you.By choosing this path, you will certainly gain immediate satisfaction. However, does it bode well for the future?

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Best result

Congratulations!

no breach of data occured due to your report. Your supervisor is upset that you didn't use the opportunity to gain the company some advantage, but he is glad that the company at least didn't get into hot water over the issue. Because you reported the matter, future breaches of data will not occur as a new failsafe is implemented.

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mean result

not bad, not great either

at least for now, no one found out about the breach. You can carry on with your work and pretend nothing ever happened. 2 weeks later, another IT adminstrator noticed the breach and reported it. You admitted to have known the issue beforehand and was reprimanded as aresult.

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worst result

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After using the breach of data to your advantage, your company made significant profit from it. You were praised by the board for your innovative ideas and assertiveness, and hansomely rewarded. Unfortunately, the other company found out about the data breach and sued your company for IP theft. You were made a scapegoat and fired.

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