A critique of positive responsibility in computing

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-233

  Stieb, James A ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Computer ethics; Responsibility; Self interest; Software engineering

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SECURITY; EQUIPMENT; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD;

ALTRUISM; CODES OF ETHICS; COMPUTER SECURITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFORMATICS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHILOSOPHY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 44449179161     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-008-9067-4     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Gotterbarn, D. (2004). Informatics and professional responsibility. In T. W. Bynum & S. Rogerson (Eds.), Computer ethics and professional responsibility (pp. 107-118 [p. 108]). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
2. Originally in (2001) Science and Engineering Ethics 7, 221-230.
3. Gotterbarn, D. (1991). Ethical considerations in software engineering. In International conference on software engineering; proceedings of the 13th international conference on software engineering (pp. 266-274). Los Alamitos, CA, USA: IEEE Computer Society Press.
4. Gotterbarn, D. (1995). The moral responsibility of software developers: Three levels of professional software engineering. The Journal of Information Ethics, 4.1, 54-64. Resource document. Donald Gotterbarn. http://www.csciwww. etsu.edu/gotterbarn/. Accessed 12 July 2006.
5. Gotterbarn, D. (2000). You don't have the right to do wrong! Resource Document. Donald Gotterbarn. http://www.csciwww.etsu.edu/gotterbarn/. Accessed 12 July 2006.
6. Bynum, T. W. & Rogerson, S. (Eds.) (2004). Computer ethics and professional responsibility. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
7. Fieser, J. (2006). Ethics. Resource document. Internet encyclopedia of philosophy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/e/ethics.htm#SSH1b.i. Accessed 14 March 2008.
8. Author unknown. (2003). Altruism. Resource document. The free dictionary. Farlex. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/altruism. Accessed 28 March 2008.
9. Quoted from (2000) The American heritage dictionary of the English language, 4th ed. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
10. Comte, A. (1973 [1852]). The catechism of positivism religion. Clifton, NJ: Augustus M. Kelley;
11. quoted by Machan, T. (2006). Two philosophers skeptical of negative liberty. Resource document. Ludwig Von Mises Institute. http://www.mises.org/ journals/scholar/Machan8.pdf. Accessed 21 July 2006.
12. Rand, A. (1961). The virtue of selfishness. New York: Signet.
13. Rachels, J. (2003). The elements of moral philosophy (4th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.
14. IEEE-CS/ACM Joint Task Force on Software Engineering and Professional Practices. (1999). The software engineering code of ethics and professional practice. In T. W. Bynum & S. Rogerson (Eds.) (2004), Computer ethics and professional responsibility (pp. 170-178). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
15. Task force for the revision of the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. (1992). The association for computing machinery code of ethics and professional conduct. In T. W. Bynum & S. Rogerson (Eds.) (2004), Computer ethics and professional responsibility (pp. 179-187). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
16. Australian Computer Society. (2004). Australian computer society code of ethics. In T. W. Bynum & S. Rogerson (Eds.) (2004), Computer ethics and professional responsibility (pp. 188-191). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
17. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen colonies of the United States. Resource document. U.S. History.Org. http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/ document/index.htm. Accessed 22 July 2006.
18. Friedman, M. (1991). The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits. In D. Johnson (Ed.), Ethical issues in engineering (pp. 78-83). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. For further discussion see [name and title omitted for review].
19. Mitchell, P., & Larsen, T. (2006). U.S. socially responsible investment assets grew faster than rest of investment world over the last decade. Resource document. Social Investment Forum. http://www.socialinvest.org/ areas/news/2005Trends.htm. Accessed 14 Aug 2006.
20. Drutman, L. (2006). Recommended reading. Resource document. Citizen works. Review of D. Vogel (2005) The market for virtue. Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press. http://www.citizenworks.org/news/index.php?id=216. Accessed 28 July 2006.
21. Hakim, D. (2002). Ford stresses business, but disappoints environmentalists. New York Times (p. C4).
22. Cited in D. Vogel (2005). The market for virtue (p. 122). Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution Press.
23. Firmage, D. A. (1991). The definition of a profession. In D. Johnson (Ed.), Ethical issues in engineering (pp. 63-66). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
24. Foucault, M. (1977). Discipline & punish: The birth of the prison (trans: Sheridan, A.). New York: Vintage.
25. Foucault, M. (1988). Madness & civilization (trans: Howard, R.). New York: Vintage.
26. Author unknown. (1998). A science odyssey: people and discoveries. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Resource document. WGBH, Pbs.org. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/ aso/databank/entries/baoppe.html. Accessed 28 March 2008.
27. Voltaire [Arouet, F.]. (2005 [1759]). Candide: Or optimism. Resource document. Literature.org. http://www.literature.org/authors/voltaire/candide/ chapter-30.html. Accessed 19 March 2008.
28. Aristotle (1985). Nichomachean ethics (trans: Irwin, T.). Indianapolis, IN: Hackett.
29. Ladd, J. (1991). The quest for a code of engineering ethics: an intellectual and moral confusion. In D. Johnson (Ed.), Ethical issues in engineering (pp. 130-136). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
30. Rand, A. (1994). The fountainhead. New York: Penguin Books.
31. Nissenbaum, H. (1994). Computing and accountability. Communications of the ACM 37, 73-80.
32. Freeman, R. E. (2002). Stakeholder theory of the modern corporation. In T. Donaldson, P. Werhane, & C. Cording (Eds.), Ethical issues in business; a philosophical approach (7th ed., pp. 38-48). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
33. Goodpaster, K. (2002). Business ethics and stakeholder analysis. In T. Donaldson, P. Werhane, & C. Cording (Eds.), Ethical issues in business; a philosophical approach (7th ed., pp. 49-60). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
34. Author unknown. (2008). Business stakeholders: British Telecom. Resource document. Tutor2u.net. http://www.tutor2u.net/business/accounts/ stakeholder_theory.htm. Accessed 28 March 2008.
35. Rhode, L. (2000). BT sues prodigy over U.S. hyperlink patent. Resource document. Infoworld. http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/12/15/ 001215hnbtprodigy.html. Accessed 28, March 2008.