Reference no: EM133422226

Question: An ITWorks employee named Carl discovered his ITWorks HDD was accidentally in his partner's possession. Carl had taken the HDD home and his partner accidentally took it about a week ago. The HDDs contents included the following:

Training materials used at ITWorks
Notes about training that had been carried out by all ITWorks employees
ITWorks positions listing & classification
ITWorks staff personal information including salaries, addresses, work & personal phone numbers, etc
Carl said that the HDD will soon be back in his possession but he did inform ITWorks that his partner works for an ITWorks competitor named 'Cyberdyne Industries'.

It has also come to light that Carl and his partner recently attended a work conference hosted by Cyberdyne Industries and during the function Carl became inebriated. It is unclear if this is when the ITWorks HDD was lost but it is clear that it was known to Cyberdyne Industries staff that Carl worked for ITWorks and that his conduct was unacceptable. Carl was asked to leave and escorted from the function. It has also been claimed that as Carl was being escorted out of the venue he made defamatory claims that Cyberdyne Industries workers were "...decrepit, degenerates who were corrupt dogs. They have no decency or regard for the quality of their work or standing the ICT sector and are a disgrace".

Evaluate the following relating to the 'ITWorks Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct' policies and procedures.
As part of your evaluation (approx. 80 words for a, b & c in total):
List at least two things that Carl did wrong
Is the policy clear enough for Carl to understand and follow so that his behaviour was different?
three things that could be improved in the 'COE' (one each for ethics, IP and privacy)