Ethics
Good practice and guidelines demonstrating behavior, decisions, and actions within the sector.
Ethical Behavior
Involves developing unbiased algorithms, considering environmental impact, and designing accessible programs.
Unethical Behavior
Includes gaining unauthorized access, creating malware, and developing biased algorithms leading to discrimination.
Professional Bodies
Organizations promoting ethical practices and guidelines for their members.
Professional Bodies Proās
Network opportunities
L&D resources & opportunities
Inc career prospects & marketability due to expertise validation.
Career progression opportunities
Professional Bodies Conās
Membership fee
Significant time investment
Potentially restrictive practices & guidelines
British Computer Society (BCS)
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Copyright
Protects owners' exclusive rights over their creative work, including reproduction, distribution, and derivative works.
Software Licenses
Legal terms and conditions under which software can be used.
Freeware Software
Non-chargeable and author retains full ownership & control and doesnāt allow software modification.
Open Source Software
Anyone can distribute/copy/amend/develop, often developed with colabs of interested parties.
Commercial Software
Chargeable - developed/distributed for profit, restriction of copying/distribution/selling to owner of software licence.
Shareware Software
Initially non-chargeable for testing & distribution encouragement then licence must be obtained, doesnāt allow software modification.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Computers simulating human intelligence and problem solving capabilities with uses in healthcare, finance, education, entertainment, retail & transport.
Social Impacts (AI)
Low skilled workers could become unemployed
Privacy concerns over data collection
May inherit outdated biases
Reshaping job market, inc demand in tech
Economy Impacts (AI)
Inc production due to easy repetitive tasks.
High skilled receive benefits, low skilled suffer
Optimization of supply chains, delivery & reduce costs.
Environmental Impacts (AI)
High energy & water consumption for optimal use
High CO2 emissions contributing to climate change.