Computing ethicsComputer experts: guns-for-hire or professionals?
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Considering the responsibilities of those who build systems fundamental to significant social functions, institutions, and values.
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One proposal heavily in computer ethics but less visible in AI ethics is professionalism.
“One proposal that figured heavily in the computer ethics discourse that is less visible in the ethics of AI is that of professionalism.[8,30,74].”
From From computer ethics and the ethics of AI towards an ethics of digital ecosystems (2022) · cites this paper as [74]
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- Authors
- Johnson, D. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Virginia (US)
- Corresponding author
- Johnson, Deborah G.
- ORCID
- Johnson, Deborah G.
- Venue
- Communications of the ACM
- Published
- 2008-10
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 24-26
- ISSN
- 0001-0782 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7317
- OpenAlex
- W2029108901
- Semantic Scholar
- c65bf3eae5d03a3533a9bcadd3ad2efea2440ac8
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 1.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communications of the ACM (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Flooding and Environmental Impact
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Keywords
- computer ethics, professional responsibility, IT professionals, social impact of computing
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