6B Georgina 

Georgina is contracted by a Web design consultancy company to interview their staff to ascertain their current knowledge.  The aim of the study is to inform the company about the type of training courses they need to implement. The aim of the study therefore is to highlight areas of overall weakness as opposed to individual shortcomings.  Despite this, the type of data collected will be able to identify individual weaknesses. Georgina advised all interviewees that all information gathered from interviewees would remain private. Following the study, the  Senior Vice President of the company, Gopal approaches Georgina and asks: “Who did well and who didn’t in this study?”  Georgina refuses to answer Gopal’s question on privacy grounds.  In his response, Gopal implies that Georgina won’t get another contract with the company if she continues to “hold out on him”.

What professional ethical dilemmas are Georgina and Gopal dealing with here?  (e.g.  Should we allow or sanction Georgina or Gopal’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?) 

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