A3-Professionalism, Ethical Codes and The Public
A3-Professionalism, Ethical Codes and The Public
SYLLABUS COVERAGE
A. Leadership
individuals and businesses have a duty to act in the best interests of the
environments in which they operate and society as a whole
1.3 Public value
b. Employee redundancies
ØThey should not disclose any such information to third parties without
proper or specific authority or unless there is a legal or professional
right or duty to disclose.
2. The cause of the failure was later found to have been a system
specification error made by Frank Bub, the operations director and a
professional engineer. He had seriously miscalculated the capacity
needed for the new system and had ordered a computer system
which was unfit for purpose. Not only had this resulted in the loss
of several days of production and a loss of loyalty and goodwill
from customers and others, it also cost a large amount to repair and
upgrade the system to be able to cope with the actual demands
placed upon it.
Case study