Why Software Development Need Ethics to Succeed (E-Book) by Ernest M

Why Software Development Need Ethics to Succeed (eBook), An analysis of the modern World Dilemma in Software Development for Beginners

Table of Content

Content .............1
Introduction ....3
How Software Engineers  ...... 3
Moral Reasoning in Dilemma Situation ...... 4
What Software Engineers Should do to help .... 4
Machine Learning Technology .... 5
How easy is it to evaluate computer algorithms? .... 5
Use of Technology to Solve Crimes .... 6
Is Predictive Software Always Right? ...6
Critiques of Predictive Software ..... 7
How Biased is Predictive Software? .... 7
How Concerned should the public be about Predictive Software? .... 7
Data Vendors and your data ..... 8
How secure is your data? ..... 9
Cambridge Analytica and Facebook .... 9
Your data and Technology .....10
How Facebook’s user data was accessed .... 11
Did Facebook Allow Users Data to be Accessed? .... 13
How Helpful are Terms of Use policies? .....14
Is It Illegal to Access User’s data? ..... 14
Software Developers and Terms of Use Agreement ..... 16
New Data Protection Law .... 16
Intuitionism and Data Privacy .... 17
Robots and Ethics ....... 18
Volkswagen’s Cheating Scandal ..... 18
How to Protect Your Data .... 19
Conclusion about Machine Learning ... 20
Moral Reasons not to Accept the Job ..... 21

Ethics Case Studies

Why Andrew Should Not go for interview ...... 21
If Andrew Followed Kantian Duty ..... 22
If Andrew Followed Intuitionism ..... 22
If Andrew Followed Aristotelian Virtue ...... 23
If Andrew Followed Confucian Virtue ..... 23
If Andrew Followed Utilitarianism .... 24
If Andrew Followed Egoism .... 25
If Andrew Followed Principle of Autonomy ..... 25
If Andrew Followed Honesty .... 26
If Andrew Followed Justice .... 26
If Andrew Followed the Value of Life .....27
How Reasonable are Andrew’s Friends Arguments? .... 27
Conflict Experienced by Andrew as result of values .... 28
Conclusion .....29

Introduction
Algorithms help facilitates how people perform work, from automation to
solving complex problems within a short period of time. It is truly a revolution that technology has contributed to society.

However, this does not go without a question, if algorithms are made by people then, there should
be a chance of exhibiting biases and unethical practices. Therefore, the focus in
this book will be on the use of computer algorithms to perform multiple tasks.