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Professionalism is arguably more important in some occupations than in others. It is vital in some because of the life and death decisions that must be made, for example in medicine. In others the rapidly changing nature of the occupation makes efficient regulation difficult and so the professional behaviour of the practitioners is

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Author:   John Weckert ,  Richard Lucas
Publisher:   ANU Press
Imprint:   ANU Press
ISBN:  

9781922144430

ISBN 10:   1922144436
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   01 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section I. Regulating technology On the need for professionalism in the ICT industry The fundamental problem of regulating technology Section II. Practitioners' perspectives An initiation into ICT professionalism The maturing of a profession Some ethical imperatives for the computing profession The uncertainty of ethics in IT Section III. Professionalism Professions, professionals, and professionalism What is an ICT professional anyway? ICT is not a profession: So what? Being a good computer professional: The advantages of virtue ethics in computing Informed consent in information technology: Improving end user licence agreements Section IV. ICT governance What is good governance? Virtuous IT governance: IT governors can’t be virtuous! The decision disconnect Section V. Ethics education The place of ethics in ICT courses Educating for professionalism in ICT: Is learning ethics professional development? Experiential ethics education for IT professionals Section VI. Codes of ethics Are codes of ethics useful? ICT governance and what to do about the toothless tiger(s): Professional organisations and codes of ethics Business benefits from keeping codes of ethics up to date Section VII. ICT and society Ethics first or ethics last? Ethical issues of emerging ICT applications — a Euro-landscape Ethical issue determination, normativity and contextual blindness: Epistemological studies of the limits of formalism in ethics and their consequences for the theory of governance

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