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Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy concerned with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct. [1]Margaret Anne Pierce, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computers at Georgia Southern University has categorized the ethical decisions related to computer technology and usage into three primary influences: [2]
Hands are shown typing on a backlit keyboard to communicate with a computer. Cyberethics is "a branch of ethics concerned with behavior in an online environment". [1] In another definition, it is the "exploration of the entire range of ethical and moral issues that arise in cyberspace" while cyberspace is understood to be "the electronic worlds made visible by the Internet."
The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics were created in 1992 by the Washington, D.C.–based Computer Ethics Institute. [1] The commandments were introduced in the paper "In Pursuit of a 'Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics" by Ramon C. Barquin as a means to create "a set of standards to guide and instruct people in the ethical use of computers."
Computer ethics: Focuses on the use of technology in areas including visual technology, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Engineering ethics: Dealing with professional standards of engineers and their moral responsibilities to the public. Internet ethics and cyberethics: Concerning the guarding against unethical Internet activity.
Programmers should work to develop computer systems that can reduce negative consequences to society, such as threats to safety and health, and that can make everyday activities and work easier. It is “an obligation to develop to high standards” (Savage). [4] Avoid harm to others. Computer systems have an indirect impact on third parties.
Friedman and Nissenbaum identify three categories of bias in computer systems: existing bias, technical bias, and emergent bias. [26] In natural language processing, problems can arise from the text corpus—the source material the algorithm uses to learn about the relationships between different words. [27]
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee made a personal plea to Chief Justice John Roberts to create a Supreme Court code of ethics at a closed-door conference Tuesday.
James Haller Moor [1] (1942 – September 11, 2024) [2] was an American ethicist, moral philosopher, and is especially known for his pioneering work in computer ethics.He spent most of his career at Dartmouth College, where he was the Daniel P. Stone Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy.