Question

Your organization has 20 employees who need an accounting software update installed. Due to a miscommunication, the purchaser only paid to update 10 licenses. The software company issued a paper license and a single key for updating 10 users. Since this is an enterprise paper license, there is no mechanism that enforces a limit to the number of times the key can be used, so you decide to go ahead and update all 20 users. What are the possible consequences of this decision? (Select TWO.)

Answer 1

Using more software licenses than purchased can lead to legal actions such as fines, and also pose ethical concerns that can negatively affect the organization's reputation and integrity.

Step-by-step explanation:

If an organization decides to use an accounting software update beyond the number of licenses purchased, there could be considerable consequences. The first possible consequence is a legal implication as the act of using more licenses than purchased could be seen as a breach of the software's licensing agreement. This could result in legal action from the software company, including fines or demands for payment for additional licenses. Secondly, there is the ethical concern, as the misuse of software licenses can reflect poorly on the organization's reputation and integrity. It can create an environment where employees feel justified in cutting corners or violating agreements in other areas of business as well.

Answer 2

a. you risk losing your job

b. you expose your company to litigation by violating the software agreement.

Step-by-step explanation:

Doing this puts our job at a risk and it also exposes the company that you work for to litigation. Legally, there is an agreement that puts a limit to the total number of licenses that should be in use. When you use more licenses than you should, this could be regarded as theft. Normally the best thing that you should do is to ask purchasing that they make payments for another 10 licenses. It is very likely that this software company would know of this violation. as the users try to register this software, the software company could get knowledge of this. The activations are not to be shared.