VJC Chapter 25 Ethics and Impact of Computing

VJC/H2Computing/9569 Chapter 25 Ethics and Impact of Computing Content 1 Ethics 2 The Professionalism of Computing Professionals 3 Ethical Issues 4 Legal Issues 5 Social Issues 6 Economic Issues 7 AI Ethics & Governance 8 Conclusion Annex 1 – CODE OF CONDUCT Syllabus Learning Outcomes 3.4 Social, Ethical, Legal and Economic Issues Understand the importance of ethics in the conduct of Computing professionals and the impact of Computing in different real-life situations. 3.4.1 Understand the code of ethics (conduct) of a Computing professional. 3.4.2 Describe the impact of computing on lifestyle and workplace for social and economic developments. 3.4.3 Discuss the social, ethical, legal and economic issues of computing and technology.

1 VJC/H2Computing/9569 1 Ethics Ethics is a set of rules of behaviour based on ideas of what is morally good and bad and what is morally right and wrong. Every society has its rules about whether certain issues are ethical or not. As the use of computers becomes more widespread in every aspect of our lives, discussions in computer ethics have reached a somewhat common consensus. The consensus can be represented in the Ten Commandments of Computing Ethics: 1) Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. 2) Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work 3) Thou shalt not snoop around in other people’s files 4) Thou shalt not use a computer to steal 5) Thou shalt not use a computer to bear false witness 6) Thou shalt not use or copy software for which you have not paid 7) Thou shalt not use other people’s computer resources without authorization 8) Thou shalt not appropriate other people’s intellectual output 9) Thou shalt think about the social consequences of the program you write 10) Thou shall use a computer in ways that show consideration and respect For a more detailed explanation of each of the ten commandments, please visit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Commandments_of_Computer_Ethics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASm-2t31Ptg 2 The Professionalism of Computing Professionals Computing professionals includes hardware designers, software engineers, database administrators, system analysts, and computer scientists. Today, with more adaptations of technology into our daily life, the scope of computing professionals also increase. No matter

what their particular specialisation is, any professional person is expected to act ethically. In Singapore, the Si