As an engineer you are stuck in an ethical dilemma about the execution of a certain task that you find morally contestable. You refer to a well-known code of ethics and other regulations but none of them specifically prohibit that certain course of action (which is in contestation). Under what category does the ethical dilemma fall, when the code of ethics are not able to solve it?

ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

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As an engineer you are stuck in an ethical dilemma about the execution of a certain task that you find morally contestable. You refer to a well-known ‘code of ethics’ and other regulations but none of them specifically prohibit that certain course of action (which is in contestation). Under what category does the ethical dilemma fall, when the ‘code of ethics’ are not able to solve it?

A	Professional Ethics
B	Personal Ethics
C	Societal Ethics
D	Business Ethics

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In LDRS 111 you were introduced to four different ethical dilemma paradigms: truth vs loyalty, short-term vs long-term, individual vs community, and justice vs mercy.

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SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES

ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING