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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society Année : 2022

Perspectives on computing ethics: a multi-stakeholder analysis

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Purpose- Computing ethics represents a long established, yet rapidly evolving, discipline that grows in complexity and scope on a near-daily basis. Therefore, to help understand some of that scope it is essential to incorporate a range of perspectives, from a range of stakeholders, on current and emerging ethical challenges associated with computer technology. This study aims to achieve this by using, a three-pronged, stakeholder analysis of Computer Science academics, ICT industry professionals, and citizen groups was undertaken to explore what they consider to be crucial computing ethics concerns. The overlap between these stakeholder groups are explored, as well as whether their concerns are reflected in the existing literature. Design/methodology/approach- Data collection was performed using focus groups, and the data was analysed using a thematic analysis. The data was also analysed to determine if there were overlaps between the literature and the stakeholders' concerns and attitudes towards computing ethics. Findings- The results of the focus group analysis show a mixture of overlapping concerns between the different groups, as well as some concerns that are unique to each of the specific groups. All groups stressed the importance of data as a key topic in computing ethics. This includes concerns around the accuracy, completeness and representativeness of data sets used to develop computing applications. Academics were concerned with the best ways to teach computing ethics to university students. Industry professionals believed that a lack of diversity in software teams resulted in important questions not being asked during design and development. Citizens discussed at length the negative and unexpected impacts of social media applications. These are all topics that have gained broad coverage in the literature.
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hal-03377560 , version 1 (14-10-2021)

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Damian Gordon, Ioannis Stavrakakis, John Paul Gibson, Brendan Tierney, Anna Becevel, et al.. Perspectives on computing ethics: a multi-stakeholder analysis. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 2022, 20 (1), pp.72-90. ⟨10.1108/jices-12-2020-0127⟩. ⟨hal-03377560⟩
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