The Precautionary Principle in a World of Digital Dependencies

Wolter Pieters; A. van Cleeff

doi:10.1109/MC.2009.203

The Precautionary Principle in a World of Digital Dependencies

Wolter Pieters, A. van Cleeff

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Abstract

As organizations become deperimeterized, a new paradigm in software engineering ethics becomes necessary. We can no longer rely on an ethics of consequences, but might instead rely on the precautionary principle, which lets software engineers focus on creating a more extensive moral framework.

Original language	Undefined
Article number	10.1109/MC.2009.203
Pages (from-to)	50-56
Number of pages	7
Journal	Computer (New York)
Volume	42
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2009.203
Publication status	Published - Jun 2009

Keywords

METIS-265212
SCS-Cybersecurity
Software engineering
EWI-15410
Cloud computing
IR-65513
Deperimeterization
Digital dependencies
Ethics

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