The department manager has asked a junior analyst at a medium-sized IT consulting firm to draft a response to an RFP from a large company seeking IT consulting services in connection with a new accounting system.
The analyst working on the RFP noticed a specific question about the firm’s recent experience with this type of system. To the best of the analyst’s knowledge, the firm has only worked on one other accounting project in the last three years. After reading the analyst’s draft response, the manager was upset about the reply to the question. “You don’t have to be quite that candid. Even though we only had one formal project, we have several people who worked on accounting systems before they came here.”
“Yes,” the analyst replied, “but that isn’t what the question asks.” Still unhappy, the manager said, “If we want that job, we’ll have to come up with a better answer.” Thinking about it, the analyst isn’t comfortable providing anything but a straight answer. Is this an ethical question? What are the analyst’s options?
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Use this as reference if you can :
Tilley, S. R. (2025). Systems Analysis & Design. Centage.