Tell HN: Duty of Care

Re:Tell HN: Duty of Care by SentinelLdnma on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:25PM (#33527222)

I took an Ethics for Engineers course as an elective in college (sometime during the stone age). Wrote a paper on Therac-25. Had I not, I may not even been cognizant of the risk involved.

A single week lecture on this topic could move the needle.

Or regulators like FDA could demand to see corporate training materials given to software "engineers" (I concur on the quotes) on how to promote product safety.

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Re:Tell HN: Duty of Care by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:37PM (#33527276)

Agreed and thanks! I actually didn't realize that tweet reply to your original reply was also from you - it's what got me thinking about clear engineering codes of conduct in the first place.

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Re:Tell HN: Duty of Care by lolinder on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:34PM (#33527266)

My school required a software-focused ethics course in order to graduate with a CS degree. It was great—one of the few courses that I lean on on a regular basis in my work.

Good on you for taking it as an elective, but it's weird to me that any degree in any topic can be accredited without having a mandatory ethics course, let alone a degree in a science/engineering field.

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Re:Tell HN: Duty of Care by bo1024 on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @10:56PM (#33527363)

Would love to hear some specifics from the course that come up for you at work!

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Re:Tell HN: Duty of Care by Natsu on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @11:14PM (#33527450)

I sat through a very similar class once upon a time.

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Re:Tell HN: Duty of Care by ThrowawayTestr on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @12:25AM (#33527786)

I'm glad Ethics for Engineers wasn't an elective but mandatory when I was in school.

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