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Summary

We revisit issues of software engineering ethics.

Related Pages

Overview

• Writing prompt.
• Codes of ethics, revisited.
• Planing for the paper.

Administrivia

• Q on 10/10.
• Q on class format.

Upcoming Work

• Reading for Friday:
  • Wikipedia on UML. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language
  • SaaS: 11.2 (Just enough UML)
• Reading Journal for Friday (due Thursday at 11pm)
  • Subject: Reading Journal for Class 19 (Your Name)
    • What do you see as particular values of using UML?
    • What challenges do you see in using UML? (That is, why might teams choose not to use UML.)

Good Things to Do

See http://www.cs.grinnell.edu/~rebelsky/s2d@g/

• Grinnell Prize Events this week. (Too many to list.)
• Book sale!

Writing Prompt

Write a short essay reflecting on some ethic of software engineering (e.g., ethics of software engineering as a service).

Due: Friday, two weeks after break.

Parameters

• Address your question from the perspective of a software engineer or entrepreneur (not a user).
• Write approximately 400-800 words. Your essay should be tight: Don't waste words!
• Cite at least two of the assigned readings (from the two sets of readings) and at least three additional sources.
  • Your additional sources could be our textbook or a reading from another, relevant class.
  • Your additional sources could be a research article, magazine article, news article, or even a substantial blog post. The ACM magazines are all good sources, depending on your topic of interest.
• Use APA or ACM style for your citations.
• Use a 10-12 point font and double spacing (about 2-3 pages). Do not use a separate cover page.
• Submit the final version of your essay via email to me by 11:00 p.m. on November 24.
• You will have the opportunity to revise your essay once.
• I will retain a copy of the final version of your essay for the departmental discussions on writing in the CS curriculum and ethics in the CS curriculum.

Codes of Ethics, Applied

Where should ethics of computing professionals fit within the Grinnell CS curriculum?

What do you see as issues in the ethics of SaaS?

Preparing for Essay

Five minutes of personal brainstorming, than group sharing.