You has been asked to conduct a research study observing how junior management is using new accounting software at a leading city accounting firm. As part of informed consent, the staffs are informed that they will remain anonymous. As part of your observations, you notice that many of the junior management staff are making a particular data entry error when using the software. These errors are causing the accounting firm to lose profit. Company policy dictates clearly that worker salaries will be docked for clear mistakes leading to the loss of company profit.

Ethical Question: Is it ethical for you to report the junior management staff making the error and breach the terms of the informed consent of the research study?

1. Apply act utilitarianism ethical theory to this case and indicate whether the answer to the question isethical,notethicalorno solution.
2. Apply rule utilitarianism ethical theory to this case and indicate whether the answer to the questionisethical,notethicalorno solution.
3. Apply rule deontology ethical theory to this case and indicate whether the answer to the questionisethical,notethicalorno solution
4. Apply act deontology ethical theory to this case and indicate whether the answer to the questionisethical,notethicalorno solution.
5. Apply social contract theory (moral obligations) to this case and indicate whether the answer to the question isisethical,notethicalorno solution.
6. Apply social contract theory (legal contracts) to this case and indicate whether the answer to the questionisethical,notethicalorno solution.
7. Apply the character-based ethical theory to this case and indicate whether the answer to the questionisethical,notethicalorno solution.
8. Apply the modern ethical approach to this case and indicate whether the answer to the questionisethical,notethicalorno solution.
9. Apply the Australian Computer Society (ACS) code of ethics to this case and indicate whether the answer to the question isethical,notethicalorno solution
10. Apply your own ethical approach to this case and indicate whether the answer to the question isethical,notethicalorno solution.