Plumbing the Soul of 'Computers and society' proponents question social consequences of new technology by Mitch is Visionaries say every information system has the potential to change the world, at least a tiny bit . Schneiderman, professor of computer science at the University of Maryland, suggested that computer professionals prepare a social impact The question that computer professionals should statement-modeled on the government's be asking on the front end of an IS design project environmental impact statements-at the start of is whether it will change the world for better or every IS project. "We have a history where the for worse, according to leading scholars in the technologists have often been less thoughtful field known as "computers and society." than they should have been about these [social] issues . So I want to encourage technologists to In addition to designing the system to meet be more thoughtful," he said in an interview. urging IS business objectives, the scholars are professionals to consider broader questions, such It is up to the corporation's chief information as : Does the database permit invasions of officer to establish a computer ethics code and Will the automated business system privacy? ethics training for
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Plumbing the soul of IS
Betts, Mitch
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, Volume 21 (1)
Association for Computing Machinery – Jun 1, 1991
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