Violation of Ethics and Laws in IT companies
Most growing and popular industry for India is IT industry. India has shown a exponential increase in attracting new software companies and there by providing more jobs to people here and also adding to economic growth of country. Not only engineer and software guys many other people are getting benefits by this industry like hospitality, security agencies, builders/developers, food chains, transport services etc.
Companies are spending a lot of money on brand making and maintain its reputation among various companies. They are providing number of facilities to its employees and attract talent from market. But did you ever get time to find what is happening inside that company. These companies are spending a lot of money in infrastructure etc but still they are breaking many laws on daily basis.
Many of IT companies are using pirated software/operating systems etc in there companies. Or sometimes they purchase 10 license companies for 100 users. And there is no restriction on usage of small misc. software in that company. This practice is followed by small and mid size companies but large companies also cannot deny this. Are they doing right thing? They are eating up business of one member that too from there own family. It’s hardly matter for them in purchasing the license for them but there is no strict cyber and copyright laws in India.
I can tell you one amazing example which many companies are doing these days. On one hand whole bollywood is fighting against piracy and copy right, and on other hand software companies are violating it without any worry. A new practice on showing bollywood movies on projector on roof top or cafeteria in various companies on Friday is very much popular these days. They just hire on CD/DVD from market and show it in company to its employees. Even they don’t know that they are doing savior crime by violating the copyright act. You cannot show movie publicly without the permission of concern authority. If these companies have to show such movies then why don’t they book a theater screen on weekend for its employees? Same as licensing, they do if sometime but not every time.
If you find the security and preparations for any kind of emergency then you hardly find any good facilities in companies. They are now forming so called Disaster management committee but everybody knows how effective it is and how trained they are? And there are many other things also which they are violating.
Some proper measures and best practices need to be followed. Companies should come forward to take some good initiatives and show some responsibility. Not only for there publicity but ethically also.
Companies are spending a lot of money on brand making and maintain its reputation among various companies. They are providing number of facilities to its employees and attract talent from market. But did you ever get time to find what is happening inside that company. These companies are spending a lot of money in infrastructure etc but still they are breaking many laws on daily basis.
Many of IT companies are using pirated software/operating systems etc in there companies. Or sometimes they purchase 10 license companies for 100 users. And there is no restriction on usage of small misc. software in that company. This practice is followed by small and mid size companies but large companies also cannot deny this. Are they doing right thing? They are eating up business of one member that too from there own family. It’s hardly matter for them in purchasing the license for them but there is no strict cyber and copyright laws in India.
I can tell you one amazing example which many companies are doing these days. On one hand whole bollywood is fighting against piracy and copy right, and on other hand software companies are violating it without any worry. A new practice on showing bollywood movies on projector on roof top or cafeteria in various companies on Friday is very much popular these days. They just hire on CD/DVD from market and show it in company to its employees. Even they don’t know that they are doing savior crime by violating the copyright act. You cannot show movie publicly without the permission of concern authority. If these companies have to show such movies then why don’t they book a theater screen on weekend for its employees? Same as licensing, they do if sometime but not every time.
If you find the security and preparations for any kind of emergency then you hardly find any good facilities in companies. They are now forming so called Disaster management committee but everybody knows how effective it is and how trained they are? And there are many other things also which they are violating.
Some proper measures and best practices need to be followed. Companies should come forward to take some good initiatives and show some responsibility. Not only for there publicity but ethically also.
Labels: ethics, india, IT companies, software
posted by Gaurav Bahl @ 2:21 AM
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