Use the five-step decision -making processing in chapter 1 to analyze situation

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Use the five-step decision -making processing in chapter 1 to analyze situation and recommend action. 1. You have been asked by manager of software development to lead a small group of software developers in an attempt to reengineer the latest release of the software by your leading competitor. The goal of the group is to identify features that could be implemented into the next few releases of your firm's software. You are told that the group would relocate from the US to island of Antiqua, in the Caribbean Sea, to "reduce the risk of the group being distracted by the daily pressure associated with developing fixes and enhancements with the current software release. What sort of legal and/or ethical questions might be raised by this reengineering effort? Would you consider taking this position?

Explanation / Answer

Reenginering might require permission from the other company and if we do not have it it might be liable to legal action. It is also not ethical to use their software for our purposes. Hnece it is better not to take up the position because it is not only illegal but also unethical . That might be the reason the company wants us to relocate so that they will not get caught. Hence it is better to go against it.

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