In the following we describe these based on was taken from official lists developed within the in more detail. Bologna program of the European Union, they did not ex- plicitly consider ethical issues.
Based on the results from these earlier phases the PIFF 8. One is a set of We apply the integrative approach of Burkholder et al in rubrics to support the judgment of quality of different phases the PIFF project, making ethical deliberation part of the of a Master thesis project. The rubrics cover the proposal Software Engineering Master Thesis work [6]. During the for a thesis, the process of conducting the thesis project, the thesis work, a student will meet a number of professional thesis report itself, as well as the oral presentation of the ethical questions and especially in thesis work with empirical work.
Each of these four rubrics state quality criteria and research such as surveys, case studies, field studies, metrics different levels of quality for each criterion. The portal contains ethics of the research itself. This is considered very important by industrial the- to support the student in this aspect of her thesis work. For the student work ethics snippet for the student. These videos are important since the PIFF snippet describes that the student will need to not all Master thesis courses have specific lecture elements exhibit: character such as integrity, dependability, respon- or room in the schedule for covering all aspects in the class; sibility etc.
This is surprising tural and other diversity, harassment issues etc. Super- since the importance of ethical concerns can be expected visors are encouraged to include a discussion about these to be more evident in practical projects closer to reality.
This should be all the more natural tion skills. A selection of relevant quality crtieria project. We have thus developed specific support for ethical are shown in Table 2. With only a in a way that have meeting and dead- time both to meet- few exceptions stu- hampered the pro- lines. Advisor have ings and in sending dent s have been on cess. The advisor not been able to deliverables.
Balance Project A well-balanced A balanced collab- A collaboration An imbalanced col- collaboration where oration where both where both students laboration where one both students have students have a have contributed student have con- a good grasp of all grasp of the whole equally to the work tributed more than parts of the work.
Stronger they have focused worked more inde- students name: X on sligthly different pendetly on different parts.
Ethical issues Thesis Ethical issues anal- Ethical issues ad- Ethical isssues only Ethical issues not ysed and discussed in dressed in research partly addressed in considered at all.
Over time this master thesis course. As a final element, the thesis report will be complemented with concrete examples of how ethi- rubric contains criteria to evaluate if ethical concerns have cal concerns have been addressed in different, previous thesis been taken into account and properly discussed in the thesis.
The above thesis support elements create the awareness The other aspect we cover is ethics of the research work and discussion among stakeholders around professional con- itself. Even though thesis project does not always strictly duct and ethical issues and help to develop an ability of qualify as research, in practice it is often indistinguishable sound ethical judgment by a student.
We are currently eval- from academic research, and thus has clear ethical implica- uating the effectiveness of our approach including the views tions.
Furthermore, since the thesis work is learning for of different stakeholders. Our snippet discusses: the precautionary principle, envi- 9. Furthermore, it curricula is to increase the ability of future professionals to presents examples of specific ethical rights and how they can recognize and address ethical problems, to accept different be assured in practice. Some examples are: ensuring prior ethical perspectives and allow for ethical pluralism.
An overall impression is that the course by the issue of informed consent. Since studying Software participants discovered a very important factor that influ- Engineering methods, tools and processes is common in mas- ences their professional judgments and decision making, the ter thesis projects, ensuring that students have their study engineering ethical aspect. With all the positive experiences subjects sign an informed consent form is a good way to we have, we are definitely intended to continue giving the ensure the awareness, discussion and practical decisions on courses in the future, convinced in their indispensability for ethical issues.
We have thus developed a template informed educating future engineering professionals in general, and es- consent form which outlines the different aspects the stu- pecially Software Engineering professionals, who are among dent should consider and detail, before presenting them to those engineers who are going to meet the largest variety of the subjects see Appendix A.
By requiring that they de- ethical issues of all Computing professionals. Feldt, M. Harris, M. Pritchard, and M. Engineering Ethics: Concepts and Cases. Wadsworth Publishing, Feldt, and F. Computing curricula Code of Ethics. Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. Privacy vs. Security at the Workplace. Thesis , Software [5] Blekinge Institute of Technology.
Burkholder, P. Covey, and D. This trust is supported by vague regulations that still have a lot of loopholes if you know where to look. No one is completely protected from the unfair practices of software providers.
Here are some of the ethical problems that software developers should be aware of when creating their products and choosing which companies to work for. Take Google for instance. Google even allows you to download all the data they have about you—in all honesty, it would fill a huge number of Word documents!
Where does your moral commitment lie? Have you conveyed your strategies clearly to your clients, and how have you secured their information? Personal data security is one of the biggest concerns in the digital world because of the sensitive information that your clients trust you with.
Personal information is a point of interest for many organizations, from national security to cybercriminals. In the fast-growing and profoundly aggressive innovation industry, software engineers and proprietors should practice caution to guarantee that their creations are properly protected inside the system of innovation rights. Software development deals with interrelated issues that consist of a blend of copyright, patent, trademark, and competitive advantages law.
To make sure that the customers are protected from unethical business practices, people in the software development business should be familiar with all these factors and how to implement them effectively. In theory, you as a software developer own the copyright to your software creation, and no one can copy, distribute, display, or make changes to it without your permission.
When it is created by a third-party engineer or a development agency, copyright agreement should always be involved in the collaboration process to define and protect the rights of the code creator and the client who originally had the idea. I start with the choices I made, and get them to consider alternatives. They also need to understand that not choosing is a choice, and letting others choose for us is a choice.
Choosing for ourselves is hard, but it is the better approach for anyone who wants to be a professional. To be professional, we need to understand what that means — and be able to explain it. Students find it difficult to relate to a lot of what they need to know, to be able to do, to be software engineers, or architects, or lawyers. It is encumber upon us, whether their teachers or their peers, to help them learn.
But we are responsible for the choices we make. The title is very dear to me as a long time developer of enterprise software. I am so glad to find someone asking this very important question.
I remember very well in a situation once I worked in a company in Brisbane, Australia, in which I believe developers were forced into an unethical situation directed and supported by management towards their customer in order to get the deal through. It is unethical that the development company should take advantage of customer not being able to communicate succinctly.
I being a senior member refrained from going along with this but many who might not have seen this as ethical issue went along mistakeningly thinking it is clever to get it over the line quickly. The end result is forcing this customers to provide unnnecessarily excessive amount of resources just to run the program that the developers should have addressed in the right way.
In the end, the reason was obvious as the company did not really want to invest resources in doing the right things so let the customers in the disadvantage position of not knowing all the facts to foot the bill. It is hard for developers in this kind of ethical dilemmas to deal with them. In my case, I voiced my view and not actively participated in such an unethical act to hookwink the customer. I am interesting to know how others experience in handling this kind of predicament or dilemmas?
Or run with too few resources, because someone promised more than could be delivered. All too often, my job has been to fix broken things, or to bury dead projects. Nobody likes to hire Cassandra. Freedom to Tinker Research and expert commentary on digital technologies in public life.
September 4, by Arvind Narayanan. Let me highlight one point he makes in particular that I found very insightful: Worse, ethics and failure tend to be lumped together, at least in software engineering. Augie Fackler writes designing a security algorithm without any peer review — this comes to mind because of a recent blackhat presentation about z-wave hardware showing that the algorithm might be sound, but there are defects in door lock implementations that can cause the security to be worthwhile.
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