1.F):Understanding of ethical and professionalresponsibilities

William, an engineer working for an established engineeringfirm, is working after normal business hours to finish an importantand urgent on-going bid. He realizes that he is missing data thathad been sent to his coworker Mike. William had inadvertentlyobserved Mike typing his password several days ago and decides tolog into Mike’s computer and resend the data to himself. Upon doingso, William sees an email sent from Mike’s account in which heshares sensitive information about details of the ongoing bid withsome of Mike’s golf friends, people he knows from his previous jobat a competing engineering firm.

William knows he should report this, but in doing so, he wouldhave to admit violating the company’s information technologyregulations by logging into Mike’s computer. If he warns Mike tostop sharing confidential information, he would also have to revealthe source of his information.

What does William do in this situation? (Consider the rubricbelow in your answer)

Area / Score	4 - Exemplary	3 – Acceptable	2 – Marginal	1 – Unacceptable
Identifies the issues	Describes the dilemma in detail having gathered pertinent facts.Ascertains exactly what must be decided	Identifies the dilemma, including pertinent facts, andascertains what must be decided	Has a vague idea of what the dilemma is and is uncertain whatmust be decided	Does not recognize the dilemmas and does not identify what hasto be decided
Considers Stakeholders	Determines who should be involved in the decision making processand thoroughly reflects on the viewpoints of the stakeholders	Determines who should be involved in the decision making processand accurately identifies all the stakeholders	Is unsure as to who should be involved in the decision-makingprocess	Does not recognize who should be involved in the decision-makingprocess
Outlines the options	Clarifies a number of alternatives and evaluates each on thebasis of whether or not there is interest and concern over thewelfare of all stakeholders	Clarifies at least two alternatives and predicts theirassociated consequences in detail.	Begins to appraise the relevant facts and assumptions andidentifies some alternatives.	Does not appraise the relevant facts and assumptions
Evaluate the arguments	Formulates an implementation plan that delineates the executionof the decision and that evidences a thoughtful reflection on thebenefits and risks of action	Formulates an implementation plan that delineates the executionof the decision	Has difficulty identifying and appropriate course of action fromamong alternatives	Does not identify an appropriate course of action from amongalternatives