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I work for a Greek affiliate of a USA cleantech company.
In the past, the company itself did the mistake to buy a bunch of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Plant 3D licenses in USA for use in both offices (USA and Greece).
Recently, I found out that those licenses bought in USA are not valid in any other country (terms of use by AutoDESK). The license might be able to get transferred to the Greek company by proving some degree of connection between the two companies (pending to be proven).
The IT of the whole organization agrees with me that the licenses are not valid for use in Greece right now, and they bring that issue to the USA management.
USA management seems reluctant to address the issue (probably being afraid that this transfer might not be possible, and that they might have to buy new licenses for the Greek office).
If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
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I work for a Greek affiliate of a USA cleantech company.
In the past, the company itself did the mistake to buy a bunch of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Plant 3D licenses in USA for use in both offices (USA and Greece).
Recently, I found out that those licenses bought in USA are not valid in any other country (terms of use by AutoDESK). The license might be able to get transferred to the Greek company by proving some degree of connection between the two companies (pending to be proven).
The IT of the whole organization agrees with me that the licenses are not valid for use in Greece right now, and they bring that issue to the USA management.
USA management seems reluctant to address the issue (probably being afraid that this transfer might not be possible, and that they might have to buy new licenses for the Greek office).
If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
management united-states ethics software
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Can they fire you?
– paparazzo
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@paparazzo They probably could but I bet the BSA would be interested to know about it
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I work for a Greek affiliate of a USA cleantech company.
In the past, the company itself did the mistake to buy a bunch of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Plant 3D licenses in USA for use in both offices (USA and Greece).
Recently, I found out that those licenses bought in USA are not valid in any other country (terms of use by AutoDESK). The license might be able to get transferred to the Greek company by proving some degree of connection between the two companies (pending to be proven).
The IT of the whole organization agrees with me that the licenses are not valid for use in Greece right now, and they bring that issue to the USA management.
USA management seems reluctant to address the issue (probably being afraid that this transfer might not be possible, and that they might have to buy new licenses for the Greek office).
If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
management united-states ethics software
edited 3 mins ago
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I work for a Greek affiliate of a USA cleantech company.
In the past, the company itself did the mistake to buy a bunch of AutoCAD and AutoCAD Plant 3D licenses in USA for use in both offices (USA and Greece).
Recently, I found out that those licenses bought in USA are not valid in any other country (terms of use by AutoDESK). The license might be able to get transferred to the Greek company by proving some degree of connection between the two companies (pending to be proven).
The IT of the whole organization agrees with me that the licenses are not valid for use in Greece right now, and they bring that issue to the USA management.
USA management seems reluctant to address the issue (probably being afraid that this transfer might not be possible, and that they might have to buy new licenses for the Greek office).
If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
management united-states ethics software
management united-states ethics software
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Can they fire you?
– paparazzo
12 mins ago
@paparazzo They probably could but I bet the BSA would be interested to know about it
– Peter M
8 mins ago
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Can they fire you?
– paparazzo
12 mins ago
@paparazzo They probably could but I bet the BSA would be interested to know about it
– Peter M
8 mins ago
Can they fire you?
– paparazzo
12 mins ago
Can they fire you?
– paparazzo
12 mins ago
@paparazzo They probably could but I bet the BSA would be interested to know about it
– Peter M
8 mins ago
@paparazzo They probably could but I bet the BSA would be interested to know about it
– Peter M
8 mins ago
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If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
Sure, you can try to refuse working with such software.
However, the thing here is that your boss may not like you refusing doing such work, and may insist that you work with it... or in worse cases terminate you for not following a direct order.
I can relate with your situation; working with software that is not licensed is not quite ethical or merry thing to do. However, if someone is getting into trouble it will be your boss/company owners, for having their workers use such software without proper license.
They still haven't told you to use such unlicensed software, so there is still a chance they reconsider...
If they don't, well... you can express your concerns of using such software to your superiors, and it's up to them to decide how to proceed. It's now up to you if you decide to comply with such request or not, having in mind that you accept any consequences of the action you take.
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@paparazzo They could. The funny is that currently the work that requires the use of the Autdesk software is published in a EU Horizon 2020 program.
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If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
Sure, you can try to refuse working with such software.
However, the thing here is that your boss may not like you refusing doing such work, and may insist that you work with it... or in worse cases terminate you for not following a direct order.
I can relate with your situation; working with software that is not licensed is not quite ethical or merry thing to do. However, if someone is getting into trouble it will be your boss/company owners, for having their workers use such software without proper license.
They still haven't told you to use such unlicensed software, so there is still a chance they reconsider...
If they don't, well... you can express your concerns of using such software to your superiors, and it's up to them to decide how to proceed. It's now up to you if you decide to comply with such request or not, having in mind that you accept any consequences of the action you take.
answered 6 mins ago
DarkCygnus
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If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
Sure, you can try to refuse working with such software.
However, the thing here is that your boss may not like you refusing doing such work, and may insist that you work with it... or in worse cases terminate you for not following a direct order.
I can relate with your situation; working with software that is not licensed is not quite ethical or merry thing to do. However, if someone is getting into trouble it will be your boss/company owners, for having their workers use such software without proper license.
They still haven't told you to use such unlicensed software, so there is still a chance they reconsider...
If they don't, well... you can express your concerns of using such software to your superiors, and it's up to them to decide how to proceed. It's now up to you if you decide to comply with such request or not, having in mind that you accept any consequences of the action you take.
answered 6 mins ago
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If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
Sure, you can try to refuse working with such software.
However, the thing here is that your boss may not like you refusing doing such work, and may insist that you work with it... or in worse cases terminate you for not following a direct order.
I can relate with your situation; working with software that is not licensed is not quite ethical or merry thing to do. However, if someone is getting into trouble it will be your boss/company owners, for having their workers use such software without proper license.
They still haven't told you to use such unlicensed software, so there is still a chance they reconsider...
If they don't, well... you can express your concerns of using such software to your superiors, and it's up to them to decide how to proceed. It's now up to you if you decide to comply with such request or not, having in mind that you accept any consequences of the action you take.
answered 6 mins ago
DarkCygnus
28.8k1354124
If asked to work using this software in Greece, can I deny working as part of being ethical?
Sure, you can try to refuse working with such software.
However, the thing here is that your boss may not like you refusing doing such work, and may insist that you work with it... or in worse cases terminate you for not following a direct order.
I can relate with your situation; working with software that is not licensed is not quite ethical or merry thing to do. However, if someone is getting into trouble it will be your boss/company owners, for having their workers use such software without proper license.
They still haven't told you to use such unlicensed software, so there is still a chance they reconsider...
If they don't, well... you can express your concerns of using such software to your superiors, and it's up to them to decide how to proceed. It's now up to you if you decide to comply with such request or not, having in mind that you accept any consequences of the action you take.
answered 6 mins ago
DarkCygnus
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answered 6 mins ago
DarkCygnus
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@paparazzo They could. The funny is that currently the work that requires the use of the Autdesk software is published in a EU Horizon 2020 program.
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@paparazzo They could. The funny is that currently the work that requires the use of the Autdesk software is published in a EU Horizon 2020 program.
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@paparazzo They could. The funny is that currently the work that requires the use of the Autdesk software is published in a EU Horizon 2020 program.
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@paparazzo They could. The funny is that currently the work that requires the use of the Autdesk software is published in a EU Horizon 2020 program.
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Can they fire you?
– paparazzo
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@paparazzo They probably could but I bet the BSA would be interested to know about it
– Peter M
8 mins ago