"Star Wars" revisited - A continuing case study in ethics and safety-critical software

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn 2001-January, Issue , 2001, Pages 51-60

  Bowyer, K W ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics and computing; professionalism; Safety critical software; software testing; whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SAFETY TESTING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING; STARS;

COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROGRAM; COMPUTERS AND SOCIETIES; ETHICS AND COMPUTING; NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE; PROFESSIONALISM; SAFETY CRITICAL SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING COURSE; STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVES;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84952783820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2001.937721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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