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Influences on and incentives for increasing software reliability

F. S. Grodzinsky (Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, USA)
K. Miller (University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL, USA)
M. J. Wolf (Bemidji State University, Bemidji, MS, USA)

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

ISSN: 1477-996X

Article publication date: 1 May 2006

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Abstract

We contend that software developers have an ethical responsibility to strive for reliable software. We base that obligation on long standing engineering traditions that place the public good as a central tenant and on the professional relationship between a software developer and the users of the software developed.

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Grodzinsky, F.S., Miller, K. and Wolf, M.J. (2006), "Influences on and incentives for increasing software reliability", Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1108/14779960680000295

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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