Proffesional Issues in IT

Smith and Todd (S & T) was a large financial service company which work was based on old mainframe computers and also used batch processing. They decided to upgrade their network and their program. They needed two batch programs, one to perform share analysis and the other to manage client transactions. Once they visited Chamberlain Company and saw the BankSoft program, they decided to take it but with additional corrections and fixes. BankSoft never tested the program on larger network. The both companies made contract which specified that the program would cost £ 8000, payable on delivery and for maintenance and upgrade £ 600 per month. Also into the contract was specified that S&T is aware of the conditions of the software, BankSoft will provide S&T with upgrades for the program, BankSoft will not guarantee for the safety or accuracy of the program and BankSoft is respon

My conclusion to all this is that whenever we all work in some company or we have our own company, all the time and in every business we make, we must have in mind all the possible ethical, social and professional issues. We should not rush every time before we see what is behind the whole mast up. We always must keep our professionalism.

In this case we have different issues which we can talk about and I will try to represent all. One of the issues involved is ethical because S&T without telling about the problem to the software house reduced the full payment of £ 600 to £ 300 for maintenance because one part of the program was not working and was not suitable for their needs. This is ethically because if you are in a contract then you must first inform the other side of the contract and afterwards to do something. This ethical issue is taking us to the next issue involved between the companies, professional, because it is not professionally, not to tell someone anything, but to do thing. S&T lower the money for maintenance and BankSoft lunched virus in the next update. Also for BankSoft it is not professionally correct to make and lunch a virus in order to delete files in the S&T Company, in other words to make damage to the company and also this is forbidden by law [2].Also we must consider this case from the legally side where BankSoft should not lunched virus as a revenge to the other company, because this was the most illegal thing what they could done. It was clearly stated into the contract that BankSoft was not responsible for any damage to the S&T reputation or any lost of profits because of the program. S&T had seen the contract and also the agreed on it, s

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