Informatics and professional responsibility

被引:27
作者
Gotterbarn, D [1 ]
机构
[1] E Tennessee State Univ, Johnson City, TN 37614 USA
关键词
computer ethics; informatics; professional responsibility;
D O I
10.1007/s11948-001-0043-5
中图分类号
B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
学科分类号
摘要
Many problems in software development can be traced to a narrow understanding of professional responsibility. The author examines ways in which software developers have tried to avoid accepting responsibility for their work. After cataloguing various types of responsibility avoidance the author introduces an expanded concept of positive responsibility. It is argued that the adoption of this sense of positive responsibility will reduce many problems in software development.
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页码:221 / 230
页数:10
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