Case: IT Business Dilemma

Susan, a software engineer, recently started her own company that provides tailored software solutions for smaller businesses. The company$$s mission is to provide custom IT solutions while emphasizing affordability, quality, and data security. The company is still small. Susan has few customers and every job matters to her. One new customer, a local bank, has asked Susan to develop the software and webpages for its online banking. Susan had suggested several options, ranging from basic to more sophisticated solutions. However, at a meeting with bank executives, Susan learned that the bank wants to have an online banking system that is even more reduced than the basic option she had offered. Susan expressed concerns about this idea because, in her professional judgment, the reduced solution would result in significant risks regarding data security for the users of the online banking. The bank, however, insists on the reduced solution for reasons of cost efficiency, and asks Susan to develop and implement it$.$ Susan is wondering whether she should provide the reduced solution or reject the job?

Questions:

$1.$ What would be the ethically better decision? Apply the utilitarian method, CI method A$,$ and virtue method A$,$ as defined in class, to analyze the case and provide a recommendation.

$2.$ What would be the better decision regarding the business success of Susan's company? Explain your answer.