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Various historical events and attitudes have demonstrated that ethical leaders might intentionally or unintentionally make unethical decisions. History suggests that ethical leaders relying on strong technology alone could make unforgivable ...

This research identifies for a high percentage of accountants, the perception of technological tools and controls generated by technology such as electronic invoicing and the automation of organizational processes as a factor that affects their ...

Software systems are playing an increasingly important role in many domains of our society. To ensure that software will support the public good, software engineers, who create and maintain the software, shall adhere to ethical principles. A joint task ...

This experience report draws on over 20 years of teaching introductory ethics courses to software students. It describes a lightweight introductory quiz that has been administered to many cohorts and highlights some unexpected and persistent patterns in ...

The effect of introducing a "Stakeholder Impact Visualization" into the Consider step of the CARE process in The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is presented. This treatment increased the number and type of societal stakeholders identified ...

This paper proposes to develop a new field of research designated as computational sustainability. It takes into account legal and ethical considerations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Technologies. As AI and ML will deeply ...

Society becomes more dependent on software, and the quality of software has a direct and vital impact on the life of people. Therefore, the importance of software engineering ethics is highlighted. Further, it is necessary to increase the emphasis on ...

In this paper we explore the potential role, value and utility of a personal code of ethics (COE) for learning analytics practitioners, and in particular we consider whether such a COE might usefully mediate individual actions and choices in relation to ...

We describe the process of changing and the changes being suggested for the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. In addition to addressing the technical and ethical basis for the proposed changes, we identify suggestions that commenters made in ...

Many senior managers in schools see the acquisition and implementation of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) as key drivers in the advancement of their schools. Over the last 20 years pioneering schools, such as Carey Grammar School (...

Code of ethics for software engineers already exists. However, none of these explicitly faces principles of green or sustainable software engineering. This paper tries to address this shortcoming by exposing an ethical foundation, which emphasizes the ...

The past few decades have witnessed an exponential growth in the volume and intensity of socio- economic and ethical consequences of misuse of information technology. The internet era and the development of new technologies for P2P sharing have led to ...

Theoretically, Codes of Ethics are broad guidelines to professional conduct. These codes are designed to help professionals uphold the highest level of ethical conduct and maintain standards of practice and integrity pertaining to their professional ...

This panel discussion seeks to engage engineering professionals in a discussion of their responsibilities and obligations to perform duties in an ethical manner. Specifically, the panel will explore how learned professionals learn about these ...

Students in a computers-and-society course learning ethics were given a test to measure the test taker's ethicality both before and after learning ethics. The data show that learning ethics had no effect on the student's ethicality. In some ways, the ...

Most computer scientists reflexively reject the idea of a malicious universe due to its conflict with the dominant scientific paradigm of a non-teleological impartially disinterested universe. While computer scientists might not view the universe as ...

Should software architects have a professional code of ethics? There is a moral dimension to developing software, another force to consider when engineering a reasonably optimal software-intensive solution.

Software quality in recent years has been plagued by significant quality issues. One of these issues is the rush to market of commercial software. This has resulted in poor quality leading to numerous updates and patches to correct inherent problems and ...

In this paper we discuss and elaborate on the conceptual requirements as well as the tools of the General AMIGO Model for group communication. The special features of the model are examined with particular reference to the social and ethical ...