Societal Implications of Community-Oriented Policing and Technology

In developing a semi-automated decision support system using cutting-edge visual technologies to aid police intelligence analysts (the VALCRI project) it was recognised that addressing ethical, privacy and legal issues would need to be considered from the start. From the beginning, experts in these fields were embedded in the project and externally an independent ethics board was established and a number of ethical concerns were identified. Addressing the concerns presented some challenges both in terms of process and product and are the subject of this paper. Insights about these problems can contribute to other research projects beyond the area of crime visualization, for instance addressing concerns such as logging processes for auditing and evidence in other sensitive projects.</div

How the New Software Engineering Code of Ethics Affects You

The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice has been approved. This is a useful tool, it educates and inspires software engineers. The Code instructs the practitioners about the standards that society expects them to meet and what their peers strive for and expect of each other. The Code offers practical advice about issues that matter to professionals and their clients, and it serves to inform policy makers about ethical constraints imposed on software engineers