Intro Class Description

Introduction to Software Engineering Ethics : Oct 16 - 17, 2006, in Tacoma,WA. Registration

Description:

This course introduces the full breadth of the philosophy of ethics down to the four main schools of ethical thought.  It then provides situations in software development projects and shows how applying each school produces different choices.

Contents:

v     Ethics Defined

v     History of Ethics – theories

v     Software Engineering Defined

v     Engineering Comparisons

v     Software Certifications as measures of ability

v     Development Life Cycles – decision points

v     Exercises – software development scenarios and different ethical choices

v     Ethics boundaries

v     Project Management Interplay

v     What is “Virtue”?

v     What is a “Work ethic”?

v     Process improvement

v     Knowledge transfer

v     Individual responsibilities