Reference no: EM132843432

Charan is a programmer for a small software development company. This company is still establishing its market share and is quite aggressive in setting software release dates. Charan is one of a small team responsible for programming and testing the next release of their accounting package software.

There are several programs that Charan has written and they have been tested successfully by a colleague. Charan is now testing three programs written by a colleague and has found minor bugs in each of them.

Their author is fixing the bugs and then Charan will retest them. She expects this to take a further three weeks. Before all these bugs are resolved, her supervisor Collin informs Charan that management wishes to release the software to the public so as to meet the previously predicted finish date.

To achieve this Charan, as a Tester, will need to sign that these tests are completed and the appropriate standards but she knows this is not the case.

What professional ethical dilemmas are Charan and Collin dealing with here? (e.g. Should we allow or sanction Charan's behaviour? Is there a public interest question raised by this scenario? What actions do everyone involved need to take to ensure that this kind of situation does not occur again?)