Question: Scenario: A small software company is working on an integrated inventory control system for a very large retail supplier. The system will gather sales information

Scenario: A small software company is working on

Scenario: A small software company is working on an integrated inventory control system for a very large retail supplier. The system will gather sales information daily from retail stores nationwide. This information will be used by the accounting, shipping, and ordering departments to control all of the functions of this large corporation. The inventory functions are critical to the smooth operation of the system. Jane, a quality assurance engineer with the software company, suspects that the inventory functions of the system are not sufficiently tested, although they have passed all their contracted tests. She is pressured by her employers to sign off on the software. Legally she is only required to perform the contracted tests. However, her considerable experience in software testing has led her to be concerned over risks of the system. Her employers say that they will go out of business if they do not deliver the software on time. Jane contends if the Inventory sub-system fails, it will significantly harm their client and its employees. If the potential failure were life threatening, it would be clear to Jane that she should refuse to sign off. But since the degree of threatened harm is less, Jane is faced with a difficult moral decision. (a) Using the ethical analysis template as a guide, identify the ethical issues, and conduct ethical analysis (b) Summarise answering the questions: What is the best possible action that can be taken by Jane? What are the convincing reasons Jane can provide to her employers for justifying her decision

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