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Programmers need ethics when designing the technologies that influence people's lives

  • Written by Cherri M. Pancake, Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Oregon State University
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Computing professionals are on the front lines of almost every aspect of the modern world. They’re involved in the response when hackers steal the personal information of hundreds of thousands of people from a large corporation. Their work can protect – or...

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