Question

Howard decided to wipe his hard drive clean after giving his two week notice, and install a virus that would result in complete destruction on the company's main frame. As an external consultant, how would you handle this situation? What ethical violation is taking place here?

Howard decided to wipe his hard drive clean after giving his two week notice, and install a virus that would result in complete destruction on the company's main frame. As you work down the hall from him, you know this was because he was afraid the acne drug he was working on had not been properly vetted for side effects and could cause harm. As an Internal consultant, how would you handle this situation? What ethical violation is taking place here?

Sadly, Stan Lee passed away this week. As a frame of reference, he was the world's most well known comic book writer (amongst other great accomplisments). Though he created numerous Marvel characters, they technically belonged to Marvel and he did not get the same amount of profits as the creators of Star Wars, Harry Potters, etc. As an External consultant, how would you handle this situation? What ethical violation is taking place here?

Answer 1

As per ARRT STANDARDS OF ETHICS , the following can be treated as ethical violations.

* fraud / deceptive practices

* subversion

* unprofessional conduct

* scope of practice violations

* being unfit to practice

* improper management of patients records

* violation of state laws , federal laws etc

* failure to report violations / errors.

thus as per this list , the given cases come under respective form of ethical violations.

Given Situation	Explaination	Violation	Action
1. howard who is current employee of organisation. wanted to give notice. and then create damage to companies systems.	here * the employee intentionally wanted to create harm to its organisation. * the employee wanted to use device viz harddrive which is under his control during his service to create this damage.	* this violation can be considered as subversion / safety violation. * where any person who knowing the rule of organisation , harm being created with his action intentionally does any task which have atleast 1% possibility of causing harm to organisation / people associated with organisation	the respective action to be taken as EXTERNAL CONSULTANT on this behalf : * An external consultant will be given access to all levels of employees information. * this a strategy to put a check over these kind of employees like. • observing their behaviour and actions from the day of giving notice to acceptance of resignation can eradicate these kind of situations. * if such policy is not there till now. thus , before acceptance of howards resignation the respective officer should mail him to submit relevant samples , documentary proofs , his conclusions , reasons of his conclusions. * these are to be advised to reverify and only then he will be awarded resignation. * any incidental / coincidental damage to work information will point fingers towards him should ve stated as disclaimer. * then howard will be stopped from such filthy actions performance.
2. howard wanted to leave job in 2 weeks. * he wanted to destruct the main stream system of organisation * the reason is he was afraid that the acne drug he was working on till date may result in causing harm.	firstly * it is the duty of howard to exhibit his responsibilities connected to his job correctly. * if he could not do the same and afraid of unpleasant happenings then his prime responsibility is to intimate regarding the same to the respective officer in this behalf. * it is his human , social and ethical responsibility to not let the unusual drug reach its users.	this type of violations can be termed as time theft violations / unprofessional misconduct. because howard did not perform his professional duty i.e to verify the performance of respective drug. this in a way also leads to misuse of time. thus time theft violation also applies.	the reaction as being INTERNAL CONSULTANT OF ORGANISATION : * since internal consultant is of lower level to howard. he is advised to * let know the same to higher officials and external consultant such that they can take respective action on howard without causing harm to organisation.
3. Stanlee , famous comic writer passed away. * created many characters which obtained worldwide fame. * the profits are not being generated and the complete scale of profits being generated are not reaching his respective zone.	* the issue here is a bit tricky. it is necessary to ensure whether stanlee is wantedly being given less priced amounts / not * it is also necessary to ensure if his creations are creating reasonable market even on date.	* if any discriminatory activities in relation to stanlee are being practiced then it is considered as violation of conduct / misconduct practices.	* action as per EXTERNAL CONSULTANT : * reasons for low profit realisation is analised. * any old mode of procedures which may not attract profits in huge range are stopped and news ways of attracting profits are implemented. * but if any duscriminatory activities are recognised then the respective persons are asked for relevant apology and compensation via court.