Much of the study of ethics might seem like forming strategies to avoid ethical lapses; in other words, focusing on what not to do. But IT professionals can do so much more with their time and talent, by actively trying to solve social problems applying skills, technology, and imagination to complex issues. One common critique of the software industry is that it monopolizes capital and talent for superficial purposes, while providing little or no benefit to society at large.
Computing for Good, by Ellen Zegura, Georgia Tech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpzQgZw_L30
Georgia Tech uses data science to promote social good
https://www.news.gatech.edu/2014/06/30/georgia-tech-uses-data-science-promote-social-good
CS + Social Good, Stanford University
https://125.stanford.edu/cssocial-good/
Data science for social good, University of Chicago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ndznCKjg4
Walter Issacson interviews Jennifer Pahlka about Code for America, PBS
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/jennifer-pahlka-argues-that-technology-is-a-force-for-good/
"Computing For Good", Stony Brook Magazine, Winter 2018, Vol. 3
https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~tony/c4g/showcase/C4G_SBU/C4G_SBU_Magazine.pdf
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