The new accounting system is operational, but feedback from users has been negat

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The new accounting system is operational, but feedback from users has been negative. The
most common complaint is that the system is not user-friendly. Some people in the IT
department think that more user training would solve the problem. However, Sam, the IT
manager, is opposed to a fresh round of training. “Let’s just set up the network to monitor
the users’ keystrokes and mouse clicks, and see what the patterns are,” he suggested. “We
can analyze the data and come up with tips and suggestions that would make the system
easier to use.”
Your initial reaction is that Sam is wrong, for two reasons. First, you believe that monitoring
would not be an effective method to learn what users really want. In your view, that
should have been done in the system requirements phase. Second, you are bothered by an
ethical question: Even though the proposed monitoring would involve company business,
the company network, and company time, you feel that many users would resent the unannounced
monitoring and might feel that their performance or other computing activities
were being appraised without their knowledge.
Sam has asked to you to write up a recommendation. What will you say about the ethical
question that troubles you?

Explanation / Answer

Ethics of user usage monitoring:

1.An ethical training program should have the following:

2.We should follow a well laid out consent structure.

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