Transcription of Ethics in computer software design and development
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ELSEVIERC omputersand electronicsComputers and Electronics in Agriculture30 (2001) 85 102in in computer software design anddevelopmentAlan J. Thomson a,*, Daniel L. Schmoldt ba Pacific Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria,BC, Canada V8Z 1M5b USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Department of Biological Systems Engineering,USDA Forest Service, 460 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706-1561, USAA bstractOver the past 20 years, computer software has become integral and commonplace foroperational and management tasks throughout agricultural and natural resource this software infusion, however, little thought has been afforded human impacts,both good and bad. This paper examines current ethical issues of software system design anddevelopment in relation to privacy, accuracy, property, accessibility, and effects on quality oflife.
puter software systems lie at the heart of modern decision making, including data/information storage and manipulation, data availability, and ‘alternatives’ formulation and selection. In fact, the very use of computer systems can often frame the types of questions that can be asked as well as their possible answers.
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