Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs
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| author | Informatics Europe Mello, Paola Nardelli, Enrico |
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| contents | <p>Information technology (IT) is constantly developing, influencing our everyday life, and impacting choices and decisions at individual as well as at collective level. Thus, IT is invading the social, political and economic spheres. Systems and tools that use modern computer science technologies have clear ethical and social impacts. Even if such impacts have already been subject of discussion in the Artificial Intelligence field, their scope is definitely much broader, and they potentially affect all the fields of Informatics. What happens when they control autonomous systems or make important decisions? How should they be developed and deployed? Can they be made predictable and reliable? Which ethical and legal implications should be observed? The social and ethical impact of new technologies is a key issue of our increasingly connected society that affects users, developers, researchers and governments.</p> <p>During their training in university degree programs in Informatics, students are provided with the basis for designing and developing modern computer systems. A question arises, then, if they should be trained also on ethical and societal topics, thus enabling them to conceive “good” and beneficial Informatics systems for the society. In 2019 a group of experts, following<br>an open call for interest disseminated in Europe, was convened with the goal of analyze this issue. The Informatics Europe working group on “Ethical/social impact of Informatics as a study subject in Informatics university degree programs” has tried to understand the current state of affairs and to solicit a discussion on these topics, by answering questions such as, for example: Should ethical/social impact of Informatics be a study subject in Informatics university degree programs? Why? What are the main ethical issues arising from the application of Informatics in society? In which areas ethical/social impacts of Informatics are more evident? Which topics of study at university programs should be taught to make students skilled in ethics-aware design?</p> <p>This report is the first product of the activity of this working group, outlining the possible approaches, the state of the art, and suggestions and guidelines for inclusion of topics related to ethics, responsibility and social impacts in Informatics university degree programs. The report summarizes in data and figures the results of the online survey conducted among the working group members in spring 2019. 30 out of 32 members replied to the questionnaire providing their comments and feedback on the topic. This collected material is a first step towards a more deep and informed discussion about the topic of if and how ethical/social impact of Informatics should be a study subject in Informatics university degree programs.</p> |
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| spellingShingle | Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs Informatics Europe Mello, Paola Nardelli, Enrico Informatics Ethics Social Impact Information technology Ethical Impact Social Responsibility <p>Information technology (IT) is constantly developing, influencing our everyday life, and impacting choices and decisions at individual as well as at collective level. Thus, IT is invading the social, political and economic spheres. Systems and tools that use modern computer science technologies have clear ethical and social impacts. Even if such impacts have already been subject of discussion in the Artificial Intelligence field, their scope is definitely much broader, and they potentially affect all the fields of Informatics. What happens when they control autonomous systems or make important decisions? How should they be developed and deployed? Can they be made predictable and reliable? Which ethical and legal implications should be observed? The social and ethical impact of new technologies is a key issue of our increasingly connected society that affects users, developers, researchers and governments.</p> <p>During their training in university degree programs in Informatics, students are provided with the basis for designing and developing modern computer systems. A question arises, then, if they should be trained also on ethical and societal topics, thus enabling them to conceive “good” and beneficial Informatics systems for the society. In 2019 a group of experts, following<br>an open call for interest disseminated in Europe, was convened with the goal of analyze this issue. The Informatics Europe working group on “Ethical/social impact of Informatics as a study subject in Informatics university degree programs” has tried to understand the current state of affairs and to solicit a discussion on these topics, by answering questions such as, for example: Should ethical/social impact of Informatics be a study subject in Informatics university degree programs? Why? What are the main ethical issues arising from the application of Informatics in society? In which areas ethical/social impacts of Informatics are more evident? Which topics of study at university programs should be taught to make students skilled in ethics-aware design?</p> <p>This report is the first product of the activity of this working group, outlining the possible approaches, the state of the art, and suggestions and guidelines for inclusion of topics related to ethics, responsibility and social impacts in Informatics university degree programs. The report summarizes in data and figures the results of the online survey conducted among the working group members in spring 2019. 30 out of 32 members replied to the questionnaire providing their comments and feedback on the topic. This collected material is a first step towards a more deep and informed discussion about the topic of if and how ethical/social impact of Informatics should be a study subject in Informatics university degree programs.</p> |
| title | Ethical/Social Impact of Informatics as a Study Subject in Informatics University Degree Programs |
| topic | Informatics Ethics Social Impact Information technology Ethical Impact Social Responsibility |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18598954 |