Ethical Case Study; Is It Ethical for an Employee to Use Work Time for a Personal Projects?

Abstract: This 9 page paper discusses the ethics concerning an IT professional who has used the slack time at work to write a program for personal use. The program is to identify undervalued stocks on the stock market so that the employee can purchase them. The employee has made personal gains. The paper looks at the situation from a range of ethical perspectives including consequentialism, deontological theories and principilism to determine whether the employee has acted ethically or unethically. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

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Catagory: Business Management & Management Theory

Subcatagory: Business - Management

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