Moral responsibility for computing artifacts: "the rules" and issues of trust

Authors:
F. S. Grodzinsky;K. Miller;M. J. Wolf
Affiliations:
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT;University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL;Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MN
Venue:
ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society
Year:
2012

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Abstract

"The Rules" are found in a collaborative document (started in March 2010) that states principles for responsibility when a computer artifact is designed, developed and deployed into a sociotechnical system. At this writing, over 50 people from nine countries have signed onto The Rules (Ad Hoc Committee, 2010). Unlike codes of ethics, The Rules are not tied to any organization, and computer users as well as computing professionals are invited to sign onto The Rules. The emphasis in The Rules is that both users and professionals have responsibilities in the production and use of computing artifacts. In this paper, we use The Rules to examine issues of trust.