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http://csciwww.etsu.edu/gotterbarn/artge2.htm Ethical Considerations in Software Engineering by Donald Gotterbarn. This panel considers some of the ethical issues that arise in the practice of software engineering. The panel's comments are guided by the cases presented below. Their preliminary responses, presented here, include comments on: the relation between software safety and ethics, informed consent and ethical decisions, the customer's responsibility for end product quality, internal performance standards and customer consent to inferior work, and techniques for addressing ethical issues. Panelists: Donald Gotterbarn, Associate Professor of Computer Science, East Tennessee State University Frank Marchilena, Patriot Software Laboratory Manager, Raytheon Missile Systems Keith Miller, Associate Professor of Computer Science The College of William and Mary Carl M. Skooglund, Ethics Director, Texas Instruments Gilbert J. Tumey, Ethics Advisor, Boeing Computer Services 1 Introduction There are ethical concerns directly related to the practice of software engineering which are not merely fanciful questions or intellectual exercises. Full Article: http://csciwww.etsu.edu/gotterbarn/artge2.htm


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