Document Type
Conference Paper
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Computer Sciences, Information Science, Ethics
Abstract
We introduce the problem of technical debt, with particular focus on critical infrastructure, and put forward our view that this is a digital ethics issue. We propose that the software engineering process must adapt its current notion of technical debt – focusing on technical costs – to include the potential cost to society if the technical debt is not addressed, and the cost of analysing, modelling and understanding this ethical debt. Finally, we provide an overview of the development of educational material – based on a collection of technical debt case studies - in order to teach about technical debt and its ethical implications
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21427/Y73Z-6P82
Recommended Citation
Gibson, J.P., Gordon, D., Collins, M., Narouwa, M., O'Sullivan, D., and Turner, J. Minding the Gap: Computing Ethics and the Political Economy of Big Tech. Proceedings of Ethicomp, 20th International Conference on the Ethical and Social issues in Information and Communication Technologies, Turku, Finland, 26-28th July, 2022. DOI: 10.21427/Y73Z-6P82
Funder
European Union
Included in
Applied Ethics Commons, Computer Sciences Commons, Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons
Publication Details
Proceedings of Ethicomp, 20th International Conference on the Ethical and Social issues in Information and Communication Technologies, Turku, Finland, 26-28th July, 2022, pp. 258-266.
Funded within the Ethics4EU project (2019-1-IE02-KA203-000665)