2.07. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.
Despite certain software being of great importance to society, many an occasion has been reported where the content of functionality of such software had not been in par with the beliefs of certain social groups, thus resulting in calamity. If we make an in-depth inquiry as to the reason behind such incidents, more often than not, it becomes evident that the ignorance of the employee and lack of keenness software engineers have shown to enlighten them of social concerns is the basis for it. Following this code is of immense importance in avoiding such conflicting situations, and in refraining from getting involved in unnecessary issues in future.
Even though public discussion regarding the matter respect to virtues has become the norm in the current society, it must be stated that such topics are not always met with an equal amount of enthusiasm by all groups. Since a site which is exclusively dedicated to such a topic is by far more effective than a random speech regarding the same issue, the fervor with which it’s accepted or rejected too tends to multiply by the dozen. Hence, groups which may believe that consumption of beef is actually a right of theirs may express great displeasure towards a project as this, and they would no doubt readily get the backing of parties which are directly involved in slaughter of animals. This was a major concern of ours since the very commencement of the project, of which we had to constantly make our client aware and get his personal opinion of how precisely he intends to handle such matters should any conflicts occur in future.
Apart from our concern of the objections which would arise from those quarters which believed in consuming meat, it was a great apprehension we had of the condemnation we were potentially subject to, due to this site being a project for our cient. Due to their being certain groups against visions of Buddhism, any work or creation related to it had a tendency to be ridiculed or looked down upon by them. Such baseless ridiculing would not be tolerated by the Buddhist community either, hence creating chaos which is unnecessary and not approved by our client. Therefore it was important that we kept our employer updated of such possibilities as well, apart from merely serving his purpose of creating the website. He too was immensely glad of the attempt we made to make him aware of potential issues we foresaw that the site would cause.
Existence of a code which dictates the necessity of identifying and reporting such social concerns to the employer helps them get prepared to encounter those in a much effective manner should they ever occur.
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