An engineer's code of ethics
summary
Tech ethics gets concrete: research surfaces 30 million search results and 90+ documented incidents in a year, including Cambridge Analytica using Facebook data for election influence, smart‑home microphones from Google/Amazon/Apple that record continuously and apply machine learning to voice, and the Volkswagen emissions defeat device that led to an engineer jailed while the company paid penalties and skirted deeper change. Facebook’s Phoebe message scans and the FTC $5B fine (plus examples like forced SMS 2FA and 25% ad‑block uptake post‑scandal) show what to fix: ethical leadership, a clear engineers’ code, adaptable regulation, and public education.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Start
- 3:59Cambridge Analytica
- 5:25Brexit happened inside Facebook
- 7:35Surveillance
- 12:12Silicon Valley
- 12:49Move fast and break things
- 14:26How do they plan to encrypt our messages?
- 15:57Focus on the positives
- 26:12Same password for every account.
- 28:34What's ethical leadership?
- 29:18Lead by example
- 29:36Leaders need to be willing to intervene informally to steer behavior in their organizations and resolve emerging problems.
- 29:472. Define and align your values.
- 30:10The personal moral credibility of leaders can be very important in enhancing the effectiveness of ethics regulation
- 30:26Promote open communication
- 30:57No tolerance for ethical violations
- 31:39An Engineer's Code of Ethics
- 32:21Accept full responsibility for your own work
- 32:36Ethics in University
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