Charan is a programmer for a small software development company. This
company is still establishing its market share and is quite aggressive in setting software release dates. Charan is one of a small team responsible for programming and testing the next release of their accounting package software. There are several programs which Charan has written and they have been tested successfully by a colleague. Charan is now testing three programs written by a colleague and has found minor bugs in each of them. Their author is fixing the bugs and then Charan will retest. She expects this to take a further three weeks. Before all these bugs are resolved, his supervisor Collin informs Charan that management wishes to release the software to the public so as to meet the previously predicted finish date. To achieve this Charan, as tester, will need to sign that tests are completed but she knows this is not true. Discuss briefly the ethical dilemma that Charan faces.
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