Chapter 2 Engineering and Society EEL 6883 Software Engineering II

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Chapter 2Engineering and SocietyEEL
6883Software Engineering II

• H. David Le
• Guy Bedette
• Suraj Padmanabhan

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Chapter 2 Preview

• Engineering Economics
• Professional Practices
• Legal Issues and Standards
• 2 major papers from the earlier edition of
  Software Engineeering1

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Article 1 2

• Software Engineering Business
• Use of software in Public Interest
• Professional Code of Conduct
• Issue currently plaguing software development and
  maintenance
• Software Crisis

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Article 3 4

• No Silver Bullet exist
• Easy problems (accident) solved, difficulties
  are essential
• Solution to Software Crisis are combination of
  many tools and techniques
• Hacking vs. Software Engineering

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Article 5, 6 7

• Software Engineering Code of Ethics and
  Professional Practice
• Software Engineering Standards
• Developers Moral Ethics

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Software and SocietyMark J. Christensen

• EEL 6883
• Software Engineering II

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Importance of software today

• Embedded in everyday life
• Software for tracking
• Embedded hardware devices
• PC
• Communication network

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Professional Code of Conduct

• Individual relationship to
• His or her employer
• Society at large
• Work activities and products
• Software Engineering profession

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Code of Ethics Short version

• PUBLIC shall act consistently with the public
  interest
• CLIENT AND EMPLOYER shall act in a manner that
  is in the best interests of their client and
  employers and consistent with the public interest
• PRODUCT shall ensure that their products and
  related modifications meet the highest
  professional standards possible
• JUDGMENT shall maintain integrity and
  independence in their professional judgment.
• MANAGEMENT managers and leaders shall subscribe
  to and promote an ethical approach to the
  management of SW development and maintenance.
• PROFESSION shall advance the integrity and
  reputation of the profession consistent with the
  public interest.
• COLLEAGUES shall be fair and supportive of
  their colleagues
• SELF shall participate in lifelong learning
  regarding the practice of their profession and
  shall promote an ethical approach to the practice
  of the profession

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Public Interest

• What is it?
• Behavior consistent with legal statutes
• The law?
• Licensing of Software Professional

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Software and SocietyMark J. Christensen

• EEL 6883
• Software Engineering II

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Importance of software today

• Embedded in everyday life
• Software for tracking
• Embedded hardware devices
• PC
• Communication network

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Professional Code of Conduct

• Individual relationship to
• His or her employer
• Society at large
• Work activities and products
• Software Engineering profession

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Code of Ethics Short version

• PUBLIC shall act consistently with the public
  interest
• CLIENT AND EMPLOYER shall act in a manner that
  is in the best interests of their client and
  employers and consistent with the public interest
• PRODUCT shall ensure that their products and
  related modifications meet the highest
  professional standards possible
• JUDGMENT shall maintain integrity and
  independence in their professional judgment.
• MANAGEMENT managers and leaders shall subscribe
  to and promote an ethical approach to the
  management of SW development and maintenance.
• PROFESSION shall advance the integrity and
  reputation of the profession consistent with the
  public interest.
• COLLEAGUES shall be fair and supportive of
  their colleagues
• SELF shall participate in lifelong learning
  regarding the practice of their profession and
  shall promote an ethical approach to the practice
  of the profession

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Public Interest

• What is it?
• Behavior consistent with legal statutes
• The law?
• Licensing of Software Professional