The teaching of computer ethics on computer science and related degree programmes. a European survey
Journal article, 2022
Within the Computer Science community, many ethical issues have emerged as significant and critical concerns. Computer ethics is an academic field in its own right and there are unique ethical issues associated with information technology. It encompasses a range of issues and concerns including privacy and agency around personal information, Artificial Intelligence and pervasive technology, the Internet of Things and surveillance applications. As computing technology impacts society at an ever growing pace, there are growing calls for more computer ethics content to be included in Computer Science curricula. In this paper we present the results of a survey that polled faculty from Computer Science and related disciplines about teaching practices for computer ethics at their institutions. The survey was completed by respondents from 61 universities across 23 European countries. Participants were surveyed on whether or not computer ethics is taught to Computer Science students at each institution, the reasons why computer ethics is or is not taught, how computer ethics is taught, the background of staff who teach computer ethics and the scope of computer ethics curricula. This paper presents and discusses the results of the survey.
Computer Ethics
Teaching Computer Ethics
Computer Science Education
Ethics
Author
Ioannis Stavrakakis
Technological University Dublin
Damian Gordon
Technological University Dublin
Brendan Tierney
Technological University Dublin
Anna Becevel
Technological University Dublin
Emma Murphy
Technological University Dublin
Gordana Dodig Crnkovic
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Mälardalens university
Radu Dobrin
Mälardalens university
Viola Schiaffonati
Polytechnic University of Milan
Cristina Pereira
European Center for Information and Communication Technologies
Svetlana Tikhonenko
European Center for Information and Communication Technologies
J. Paul Gibson
Telecom SudParis
Stephane Maag
Telecom SudParis
Francesco Agresta
European Digital Learning Network
Andrea Curley
Technological University Dublin
Michael Collins
Technological University Dublin
Dympna O'Sullivan
Technological University Dublin
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ETHICS EDUCATION
2363-9997 (ISSN) 2364-0006 (eISSN)
Vol. 7 101-129Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Ethics
Medical Ethics
History of Technology
DOI
10.1007/s40889-021-00135-1