An ethical decision-making process for computing professionals |
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Authors: | Edward J. O'Boyle |
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Affiliation: | (1) Mayo Research Institute, 1217 Dean Chapel Road, West Monroe, Louisiana 71291, USA |
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Abstract: | Our comments focus on the ACMCode of Ethics and situate the Code within ageneral ethical decision-making process tospecify the five steps which logically precedehuman action in ethical matters and determinethat action, and the individual differencetraits in these five steps which bear upon theresolution of an ethical problem and lead tomorally responsible action. Our main purpose isto present a cognitive moral processing modelwhich computing professionals can use to betterunderstand their professional rights andduties. It is clear that the Code providessubstantial guidance in the areas ofintellectual property rights, unauthorizedentry into computing systems, and privacy. Inother areas, such as obscenity onbulletin-board systems, the Code is silent. Aninteractive software program which allows theuser to see the ways in which the Code isintegrated and instructive in the six-stepmoral decision-making process is accessible viathe internet. Our secondary purpose is toreformulate the Code as a set of questionswhich allow the computing professional to seepractices which diminish the human person asunethical and those which enhance the humanperson as ethical. |
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Keywords: | ACM Code of Ethics ethical decision-making process ethical duties in computing professions ethics for computing professionals six-step process of ethical decision-making software program for ethical issues in the computing professions |
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