Readings: Professional ethics, concluded

Read and be prepared to discuss the following.

• Arvind Narayaan and Shannon Vallor (March 2014). Why software engineering courses should include ethics coverage. Communications of the ACM 57(3): 23-25. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2566966
• Neil McBride (August 2012). The ethics of software engineering should be an ethics for the client. Communications of the ACM. 55(8): 39-41. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2240250
• Deborah G. Johnson (October 2008). Computer experts: Guns-for-hire or professionals? Communications of the ACM 51(10): 24-26. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1400190

For the journal send an email message to me titled “CSC 322.01 2018S Journal on Professional ethics, concluded (Your Name)” (without the quotation marks) and with answers to the following questions.

1. Where in our curriculum do you think coverage of ethics belongs? Why?

2. McBride claims that we have primary responsibility to our client. What particularly responsibilities to your CSC 322 client to you see as most important?