Outline 15: Codes of Ethics, Revisited

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Summary

We revisit issues of software engineering ethics.

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Writing Prompt

Write a short essay reflecting on the ethics of engineering software as a service, due the last day of class.

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 during finals' week.
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.