CPSC 547 Presentation:

Training, Ethics & Liability

The presenters:

Navin Jetha, Nuredeen Bhanji, Alvin Ng, Rhod Hubbard


Training Summary

Training

The process of managing people's experiences so that they gain the requisite knowledge and skills that give them the potential to perform. Training is an investment in people and involves downstream recurring costs.

Aiding

Aiding focuses on augmenting task performance directly with emphasis on task-specific behaviors to be prompted and enhanced. It is an investment in technology and has upstream capital costs.

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Liability Summary

disclaimer of LIABILITY

The information contained herein should not be considered as legal advice since laws in various parts of the world change with time and jurisdiction. This information should be used only as a very general guide. If you attempt to use this in any court of law, you do so at your own risk.

What is Liability?

To be blunt, it is when you are held responsible for your actions that, directly or indirectly, result in damage or harm to anothers person or property. When related to the field of Computer Science, it generally refers to hardware and software failure and who is responsible for the cause of the failure, the user?, the information system professional?, (ie programmer, designer, system analyst), the hardware manufacturers?, the commercial software developers?. Who is put on the "hot seat"?

The hardware and software and computer industry in general has the ability to cause damage to property and persons. The question is, who is liable and where does liability end? The hardware side can be viewed as a product in most cases which makes it easier deal with liability. Software can be viewed as a product or a service. The legal system treats product and service liability differently.

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Ethics Summary

Why do we have Codes of Ethics?

Some of the Topics covered:

  • Ethics
  • Why do we have Codes of Ethics
  • When do we learn Ethics
  • Why Change and Re-evaluate ethical principles in Computer and Data Communication?
  • Computers and Data Communication systems
  • Need for Code of Ethics
  • Development of Computer spurs need for Code of Ethics
  • Computers as producers of new forms and types of assets
  • Computers have attained Symbol of intimidation and deception
  • Current Law(federal, state, and provincial)
  • ACM 1972-Code of Ethics, 1992-ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • Bill C-60 COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION and Amendments of Bill C-60
  • Methods of Enforcing and Teaching Code of Ethics

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    How Ethics, Training & Liability Relate

    Training, Ethics & Liability can be seen as ways (which tightly complements each other) to resolve the problems we face now in a society. One cannot go without the other, just as Training is as much as a method to reduce Liabilities as a Code of Ethics to determine what wrong is been done, who is at fault, which then, the appropriate punishment (Liabilities) is rendered. Due to its such a broad area of discussion, our group will focus mainly to issues that are computer related.

    A look at applications that are closely related to cpsc students in the areas of ethics and training. Two video clips from the documentary "Machines that changed the world" show how computers can disrupt lives of people through errors and misuse.

    Issues to think about:

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    last update April 5, 1995.


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