Mark works for the Wonder Mattress Company in the IS
department. He is in charge of looking at new technologies that come on the
market and determining if they can be used for the company. In doing so, he
must do a cost-benefit analysis and then determine if the current personnel can
run that technology. If Mark makes a favorable recommendation, the company
usually purchases it. Mark attended an emerging technologies conference and met
Lance, a salesman for a new technology Mark was exploring. After evaluating
this technology, he decided not to recommend it to his company. Lance then told
him he was authorized to offer him a $10,000 “placement fee” if he implemented
the technology in his company. Mark then recommended the technology, and it was
installed.
This solution specifically addresses the following:
1. A recommendation of what action the organization should
take.
2. An explanation of what the organization’s responsibility
should be regarding ethics as it relates to IS.
3. Justification for your recommendation.
