Title :
Integrating ethics and professional issues into a software engineering class
Author :
Werth, Laurie Honour
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes some approaches which can be used to help students develop professional skills and awareness of computer ethics issues in a software engineering class. One of the fundamental issues concerns the student´s lack of a framework which would give them context for understanding both software engineering and ethics issues. Dealing with this missing framework is addressed in sections covering team and meeting skills, communication skills, interpersonal skills, and software quality and process. Specific suggestions for integrating ethics into a software engineering class are described and the paper ends with recommendations and an extensive appendix of related materials
Keywords :
computer science education; educational courses; human factors; professional aspects; software engineering; communication skills; computer ethics; ethics; interpersonal skills; meeting skills; professional issues; software engineering class; software process; software quality; student; team skills; Bibliographies; Computer science; Computer science education; Context; Ethics; Hazards; Information analysis; Software engineering; Software quality; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Software Engineering Education, 1996. Proceedings., Ninth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daytona Beach, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7249-8
DOI :
10.1109/CSEE.1996.491377