licensed software

Case Study, Creative writing

state your position based on the case given
In the class discussion, we discussed a case study on copying (or sharing) of licensed software. Do you believe it is ethical or unethical to copy (or share) licensed
software under any circumstances? (Our case study was a very specific situation what is your position about software copying in general?) Defend your position.
Here are some questions that you might want to consider in your paper:

Does someones wealth (or lack of wealth) affect your position?
Does the company that sold the software affect your position?
Does the type of application (game software, medical software, word processing software, ) affect your position?
What if it is your friend who is asking you to share the software?
What if it is your boss?
Would the ACM code of ethics (or any professional code of ethics) affect your position?
Would any factor affect your position?
What are the opposing arguments?
Did anything in the discussion (in class or discussion board) make you look at this topic from a new angle?
How does using the ethical theories that we learned in the textbook affect your position?
Overall, what is the position of your classmates on this topic?

ACM Code of Ethics

ACM is the Association for Computing Machinery and was the first professional organization for computing professionals, educators, and students. Many of the scholarly
articles about computing are published through the ACM.

Read the following article on the ACM code of ethics. Post at least 4 postings on the Canvas Forum – at least two of your posts must be in response to one of your
classmates comments.

Article: Using the New ACM Code of Ethics in Decision Making (this article is available in the attachment in Canvas or on the ACM website at:
http://www.acm.org/constitution/p98-anderson.pdf (Links to an external site.)). This article presents 9 case studies of ethical dilemmas faced by computing
professionals. (The article also contains the ACM code of ethics.)

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Discuss the following questions:

Of the 9 case studies in the article, which case contains a scenario that you could actually imagine facing? Why?
Do you agree with the authors analyses of the cases? Why or why not?
This article was written many years ago, but the scenarios in the 9 case studies are still happening today. Do you think that the authors analyses are still relevant
today? Why or why not?
Do you think that a code of ethics helps professionals make ethical decisions? Why or why not?
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