very briefly answers

Question 6

Many argued that Social Contract Theory could not be used to establish a fair and acceptable

ethical value in a multiracial society. Give THREE (3) reasons that support this notion.

[6 marks]

Question 7

Online voting is proposed as a solution to the traditional process of voting. The Internet is used to

conduct elections faster and more efficiently.

(a) Explain THREE (3) benefits of using online voting in an election.

[6 marks]

(b) Online voting receives many criticisms as it brings several risks in casting ballots over the

Web. Provide a reason as to why online voting can be a risky action.

[2 marks]

(c) Choose ONE (1) workable ethical theory, either Utilitarian or Kantianism to justify that

online voting is morally right.

[2 marks]

Question 8

(a) Explain the term harm to public which Software Engineer should avoid.

[2 marks]

question9

Your company is at the brink of making a lot of financial losses this year. You are about to

complete and handover a project to your client on time and hopefully with the revenue gained, it

will ease the company problem. Based on the work progress, most of the modules for the

application have been developed but only about 30% of the specifications yet to be tested. As a

software engineer, you know your responsibilities to society and company. Since it is crucial to

release the project on time to the client to avoid any further financial problem, your business

manager instructed you to release the project to the client although it has not fully tested.

(a) Explain the roles of a software engineer to maintain integrity and independence in their

professional judgments.

[5 marks]

(b) Describe Rule Utilitarianism theory, perform an analysis of the decision made by the manager,

whether it is ethical or not.

[5 marks]

question10

You just started working as a system administrator for a computer lab at a small insurance

company last month. Your first assignment was to help one of the Senior Manager to partition his

hard disk workstation. Wanting to make a good impression, you immediately take out various

utility tools to make the task efficient and quick. Upon having access to the workstation, you

discovered that there were many applications installed to the computer without updated licensing.

You looked through the licensing file agreements in the company databases for checking if the

licensing is still valid, but to your surprise, you discovered that the company never updated the

licenses of the installed applications once its expired.

When you ask your immediate manager about installing a licensed software, the person in charge

says The license for this software would cost us $40,000, which we dont have in our budget

right now. For the time being, just keep the current version running so that the Senior Manager

can use his workstation.

(a) Assuming that you have decided to highlight your concerns that the use of unlicensed software

is wrong, by applying your knowledge on the Kantianism ethical principle, explain to your

superior the morality aspects of the companys action.

[5 marks]

(b) Provide the practical approach to correct the current situation to your immediate manager,

assuming that you have other choices of workable ethical principle of your preference.

[5 marks]