This document discusses professional ethics in computing. It covers several theories of ethics like utilitarian theory, rights theory, and virtue theory. It also discusses engineering methodologies, codes of ethics, and their limitations. Additionally, it examines the concepts of risk assessment, risk management, and global issues in computing like multinational corporations, environmental ethics, and computer ethics. The goal is to understand different perspectives on ethics and how to make ethical decisions when faced with moral dilemmas.

1. Professional
Ethics in
Computing
Chaitra Gadekar
Fr Jossy P George
Christ (Deemed to be University)

2. • Engineering ethics
• Morality and ethics
• Moral Dilemma:-
reasons(vaugeness,conflicting reasons,disagreement)
steps
• Kholberg Theory
• Gilligan’s Theory
• Purpose of learning these theories:-
to understand the perspective
to make some decision when some dilemma happens
UNIT1

3. • Utilitarian Theory:-
based on cost and benefit
• Rights Theory:-
right to access the truth
right of privacy
right not to be injured
right to what is agreed
• The Virtue Theory:-
emphasis on character
• Justice Theory:-
favoritism and discrimination are unjust and wrong.

4. UNIT2
BACKGROUND
RESEARCH
DEFINING THE PROBLEM
SPECIFIC
REQUIREMENTS
DEVELOP/PROTOTYPE
BRAINSTORMONG/CHOOSE
SOLUTIONS
TESTING SOLUTION
ENGINEERING
METHOD:-

5. Code Of Ethics-
• to provide basic frame work for the ethical judgment for a
professional
Limitations of Code of Ethics-
• Broad guidelines restricted
• impossible to analyze fully and predict the full range of moral
problems
• Internal conflicts
Dissimilarities to standard experiments(Informed consent)-
e.g.(medicines)
• Knowledge
• Voluntariness

6. Safety and Risk
Types of Risk:-
• Voluntary risk
• Involuntary risk
• Job related risk
• Public risk
• Personal risk
Analytical methods:-
• Scenario analysis
• Failure mode and effect analysis(FMEA)
• Fault tree analysis(FTA)
• Event tree analysis (ETA)
UNIT3

7. Assessment of risk
Risk benefit analysis
Determination of risk:-
Knowledge of risk
Uncertainties in design
Testing for safety
Risk Control:-
• Risk avoidance
• Risk transfer
• Risk reduction
• Risk retention(accepting risk)

8. Global Issues
Dimensions:-
• Multinational Corporation
Ethical Relativism
Descriptive Relativism
Moral Relationalism
International rights
• Environmental Ethics
Health related concerns
Non health related concerns
UNIT4

9. • Computer Ethics
Instrument of unethical behaviour:-
• Bank robbery
• Privacy
• Hacking
• Weapons Development

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