• DocumentCode
    1294568
  • Title

    Social Impact of Information System Failures

  • Author

    Tamai, Tetsuo

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    65
  • Abstract
    The social impact of information systems becomes visible when serious system failures occur. A case of mistyping in entering a stock order by Mizuho Securities and the following lawsuit between Mizuho and the Tokyo Stock Exchange sheds light on the critical role of software in society.
  • Keywords
    information systems; stock markets; system recovery; Tokyo stock exchange; information system failure; stock order; Aggregates; Books; Humans; Information systems; Product liability; Software engineering; Software testing; Stock markets; Subcontracting; Tail; Computers and society; Computing milieux; Database management; Ethics; Information technology and systems; Software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2009.199
  • Filename
    5199595