Introduction
As a new employee I bring a fresh perspective to the position not having an attachment to the people involved helps the situation immensely. As I investigate I can place blame if any needs to be placed without reservation. With that being said the information that has been gathered so far shows that this is a systematic problem there are a few causes from that I gleaned from the phone interviews. The first seems prevalent is the severe understaffing issue as stated by a few people and the second is the stress generated by the company downsizing and putting more work on those that remain. Ethical issues that one could encounter during the investigation
If the forensics professional is bringing unethical practices into the investigation the consequences to those people that are counting on a fair and honest answer to the problem will not get what they are paying for. The consequences could range from people getting fired that do not deserve that type of punishment for something that may or may not have been their fault. On the other hand if the forensic investigator does not place any blame then the situation is unresolved and the chance of this situation occurring again is very likely since the person would have got away with it once, they might try again.
Professionals working in the criminal justice system can be held ethically and legally accountable for their mistakes and unethical behavior.
Professionals working in the criminal justice system is held legally and ethically accountable by a code of conduct and laws that govern their behavior. If an ethics violation is brought to the attention of someone with the authority to act then the individual could be put under investigation to determine if the accusations are true. This is also the case for legal action although the penalty may differ from a small reprimand up to and including time in jail which is not a good prospect for anyone. Identified at least three motives that drove the decisions
After going over the interviews I cannot fault a single individual for this breach of security the problem is systematic and is one that stems from the CEO to the lowest supervisor. First and foremost the downsizing of the company may be the biggest factor in the problem. While doing the same amount of work with less people and the stress they are under to get the job done people can easily make mistakes or miss something important. It may be time to review the personnel cuts made to ensure the cuts were done in the right areas, as I stated earlier doing the same amount of work with less is even harder if the cuts were not done in the right place.
The amount of stress that the developers are under is increased by the poor attitude and open hostility the IT Director has toward the manager of the Web Development department. The repeated attempts by the Mr. Anderson to get additional staff for his department have gone unanswered and may be a contributing factor to this incident.
From what I gather this was just a case of everyone trying to a good under difficult circumstances as people get used to their new duties there are bound to be a few hiccups along the way since some may have never dealt with the specific set of job requirements they must do now. There is a learning period involved with the new tasks assigned.
In the future all updates should be reviewed by the department director that is requesting the update as well as the IT director and the manager of web development. Only after these there individuals have approves the media should it then be updated to the website. I understand that this adds to the duties of three already over worked people but in order for this not happen in the future and until the staffing review is done this maybe a necessary step.

REFERENCES

C. Reynolds (2007) Ethics in Information Technology