Professional Ethics Flashcards
1
Q
Two organizations certifying computing professionals in Canada:
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- IEEE
- CIPS
2
Q
CIPS
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- Canada’s Association of IT Professionals
3
Q
Industry certification:
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- Means to show proficiency in a specific technology.
4
Q
Percentage of software professionals in Canada with credentials in field:
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- 50%
5
Q
Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
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- Eight principles
- Related to the behaviour and decisions made by software engineers
6
Q
Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice principles:
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- Interest
- Client and employer
- Product
- Judgement
- Management
- Profession
- Colleagues
- Self
7
Q
Richard Machado
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- Age 19
- Frist individual convicted of a federal e-mail hate crime (US)
8
Q
Hughes Aircraft
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- Not meeting contract testing requirements
9
Q
Carnivore
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- Wiretap for internet traffic placed directly on ISP
- Frist individual convicted of a federal e-mail hate crime (US)
10
Q
Privacy issues around consumer lists
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- Can sell aggregate information about customer lists, but not personal information
