SOFTWARE ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING CODE OF ETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
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Manjit works for a software house, CODEIT, writing programs. She also writes software in her spare time which she looks to market and sell for profit. Indicate whether the following behavior is ethical or unethical. To save time, manjit often makes up the test results for her CODEIT program
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Ethical
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Unethical
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They are “(1) computer crime; (2) responsibility for computer failure; (3) protection of computer property, records and software; and (4) privacy of the company, workers and customers”. (De George 338) This part of our discussion will focus primarily on computer crime and privacy.
Detailed explanation-2: -Another popular example of computer ethics in practice are the Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics, created in 1992 by the Computer Ethics Institute. The commandments include: Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people. Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work.
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