Computers and Society Book Excerpt Page 12 March 1995 Social Issues In Computing: Putting Computing in its Place Chuck Huff and Thomas Finholt, Eds. New York: McGraw Hill, Inc. 1994 Below is a portion of the concluding chapterJhom the book. The chapter, "Towarda Design Ethicfor Computing Professionals, "is co-authoredby Chuck Huff and Bruce Jawer. This excerpt is printed with the permission of the publisher and authors. -Ed. If concern for the social effects of computing is to be anything more than a laudable diversion (like consulting for a local charity), it needs to affect the way computing systems are designed and the way computing professionals go about their tasks. This final chapter is intended to suggest some ways that you, as a computer professional, might do this. Our suggestions are based on our conviction that ethical concern, social awareness, and quality design are intricately linked to form what we call a design ethic. We hope that by the time you are finished reading this chapter you will be convinced that these are three interdependent legs of a tripod. (a) computing technology affects society and that (b) some choices in computing design are not completely constrained by Mathematics, physics,
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