Portfolio For Energy And Environmental Science Essay.

Conflict in the Workplace Related to 3D Printing Technology

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A few days back I faced a negative experience at my workplace. My team leader gave me a work that involved creating a product (the product was based on a 3d printing technology). For the designing process, the team leader gave me the blueprint of the product. In initially accepted the task and started doing my basic research on the internet about the product. After some analysis, I found out that the product which was told by my supervisor to design was already used by another company and what I realized was that the blue print belonged to the particular company as well. I immediately denied the task that was given to me. This resulted in a conflict at my workplace.

The main reason for the conflict was that the decision made by my team leader could potentially affect the future reputation of the company. The victim company could target my company on infringement of copyright laws and could charge it with misdemeanour. Moreover, I could face lawsuits as well as I am the chief designer of the company. My supervisors did not take my decision lightly and ordered me to complete the assignment without any more questions. 

From this conflict situation, I learn that doing my work diligently should be my main motivation for performing it. It is one of my duties to conduct my profession in the most ethical way possible (Sonnentag, Unger & Nägel, 2013).  My team leader did not fall under that category. He wanted to take a shortcut and take the easy way possible. This conduct had the potential to tarnish my reputation. The lawsuits against my company could have landed my company in big trouble. The conduct by my team leader could have not only harmed me and my company but also the other employees that work in this organisation.

I decided to face the situation head on. It would have been best if I had reported the situation to my higher authorities (Katz & Flynn, 2013). Moreover, I would have asked the team leader to consider his decision again taking the seriousness of the matter in context. If that was not enough, I would have given him ethical recommendation that I would have considered if I was in his place. It would have taken some more time to complete the assignment without the blueprint. As a designer, it was my job to perform the blueprint from the basics rather than blatantly copying it for personal gains. The negative side of this conflict was that I made my TL angry.

Ethical Considerations in the Workplace Related to Ghostwriting in Academic Assignments

References

Katz, N. H., & Flynn, L. T. (2013). Understanding conflict management systems and strategies in the workplace: A pilot study. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 30(4), 393-410.

Sonnentag, S., Unger, D., & Nägel, I. J. (2013). Workplace conflict and employee well-being: The moderating role of detachment from work during off-job time. International Journal of Conflict Management, 24(2), 166-183.

I came to know about ghost writers recently through which my friends were pasing with good marks in their examinations. This was of prior concern to me as it involved the skill of another person to pass the examination. To address the above scenario, I would let my tutor know about the situation in private. I am well aware that this will potentially ruin my friendship with my classmates but I am willing to take the risk in this situation. But I hope that in the long run, they will understand that my intentions were towards their wellbeing.

An important element of the ACS Code of Conduct is honesty. It basically states the increase in the deceptive scenarios in a profession that will be tempting to perform at first. These kinds of proposal need to be rejected for maintain one’s profession in an ethically correct way (Durkheim, 2013). My classmates needs to realize the difference between their personal opinions and what the profession asks them to do in the first place. Despite the malicious conducts, the profession asks the person to consider the profession righteously (Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct, 2018). In the mentioned scenario, the ghost writers who are performing the tasks should get the proper credit instead of my classmates. For their temporary gains of increasing their grades, they should not be using another person’s work as their own (MacKinnon, 2017).

Professional development is the next element. This conduct states that a person should promote his development in profession through his or her actions (Quinn, 2014). Situations that might destroy their professional conduct should be avoided at any cost.

The next element of ACS code of professional conduct is competence. This element of the code states that the person who is performing the profession should be capable enough to take it (Banks, 2013).    If the person unable to do the task at its best, then he or she should immediately deny that in the first case. In the given case study, it is provided that the students are using ghost writers to do their assignments and achieve good marks. This is indirect contrast to the professional code where it clearly mentions that another person’s work should not be misinterpreted as its own (Acs.org.au, 2018).

The students will be able to increase their satisfaction rate as well as competence through the proposed actions that will be in parallel to the ACS code of professional conduct. 

References

Acs.org.au, (2018). Retrieved 25 April 2018, from https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/rules-and-regulations/Code-of-Professional-Conduct_v2.1.pdf

Banks, S. (2013). Negotiating personal engagement and professional accountability: Professional wisdom and ethics work. European Journal of Social Work, 16(5), 587-604.

Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. (2018). CFA Institute. Retrieved 25 April 2018, from https://cfainstitute.org/ethics/codes/ethics/Pages/index.aspx

Durkheim, E. (2013). Professional ethics and civic morals. Routledge.

MacKinnon, F. B. (2017). Contingent Fees for Legal Services: Professional Economics and Responsibilities. Routledge.

Quinn, M. J. (2014). Ethics for the information age. Boston, MA: Pearson.

The verbal and listening skills I used for completing the assignment was in discussing about the companies using the 3D printing technologies with mu fellow classmates. My proper skills helped me to develop a good discussion with my friends about the topic which gave me a deep insight into the working of the technology.

To effectively develop the document, I used my reading skills in researching about the topic in books and online journals on the internet (Bhatia, V. K.2014). My skills helped me to properly evaluate different technologies used in 3D printing technology and how each of them were different from each other.

Due to my interpersonal and teamwork skills, the evaluation of different 3D printing technology with respect to their industries were conducted thoroughly. Initially, the team was reluctant on following a comprehensive topic but my teamwork skills helped the team to understand that every member needs to work according to a plan (Stokoe, 2014). The teamwork also helped me to understand my team members properly. During certain issues in the decision making processes, the interpersonal skills came in handy.

The ethical issue in my workplace helped me to understand the social, legal and privacy domains in ICT related scenarios (Rodríguez-Miranda, Pozuelos-Estrada & León-Jariego, 2013). Moreover, the stealing of CAD data as well as certain medical usages of 3D printing technology helped me to realize about the social and legal aspects of the topic.

Intercultural competency and diversity skills were used when I assigned my team members with various tasks irrespective of their race, colour or gender. Most of the times, the male members conduct the primary aim of the report but in this case, I equally assigned the tasks to random students to promote diversity (Martin & Nakayama, 2013).

During the assignment, the communication and collaboration technology that was learned was social media. The social media can be used in an organisation to gain precious feedbacks and assess the competitive position of the market (Braswell, McCarthy & McCarthy, 2017). Moreover, it can be used for marketing ideas for the benefit of the organisation.

To evaluate ICT technologies, real time data validation and data entry errors need to be analysed properly. The scalability of the system needs to be checked and the monitoring system needs to be evaluated. Moreover, the optimizing and streamlining of the business processes will increase due to the ICT technology (Ventola, 2014). For improving the organizational communication process, the ICT technologies like the 3D printing technology can be evaluated by checking the accuracy of the system. The consistency of proper results will be enough to evaluate the system as effective for the organization or not.

By keeping the ACS conduct of Professional practice mind, the experience has helped me to grow professionally. The benefits of additive technology has been assessed in the report. According to me, an addition of an analysis section in the report could have been beneficial for the reader. Moreover, the incorporation of a case study in the given assignment could have provided the user with a practical knowledge about the situation. The Unit Learning outcome or ULO for this assignment was the ethical conduct of professional practices in an organization. The idea of ethical considerations of every aspect of a profession will be the most beneficial for me when I graduate as an ICT professional (Pilgrim, 2013). Another ULO was the social, legal and ethical issues that are associated with every profession in the industry. This is because judging every activity with an ethical consideration is necessary for the humans to behave in a social manner.

According to me, the use of 3D printing technology by Carbon 3D organization intrigued me about the entire unit (Jiang et al., 2013).

The incorporation of a case study in the mentioned assignment could have been better. This is the only thing that I would have liked to improve about this assignment. 

References

Bhatia, V. K. (2014). Analysing genre: Language use in professional settings. Routledge.

Braswell, M. C., McCarthy, B. R., & McCarthy, B. J. (2017). Justice, crime, and ethics. Taylor & Francis.

Jiang, H., Lee, P. S., & Li, C. (2013). 3D carbon based nanostructures for advanced supercapacitors. Energy & Environmental Science, 6(1), 41-53.

Martin, J. N., & Nakayama, T. K. (2013). Intercultural communication in contexts. New York: NY: McGraw-Hill.

Pilgrim, C. J. (2013, May). Industry involvement in ICT curriculum: a comparative survey. In Software Engineering (ICSE), 2013 35th International Conference on (pp. 1148-1153). IEEE.

Rodríguez-Miranda, F. P., Pozuelos-Estrada, F. J., & León-Jariego, J. C. (2014). The role of ICT coordinator. Priority and time dedicated to professional functions. Computers & Education, 72, 262-270.

Stokoe, E. (2014). The Conversation Analytic Role-play Method (CARM): A method for training communication skills as an alternative to simulated role-play. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 47(3), 255-265.

Ventola, C. L. (2014). Social media and health care professionals: benefits, risks, and best practices. Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 39(7), 491.