An Engineer’s Code of Ethics
summary
Engineers need a concrete code: cites Facebook sharing data with Cambridge Analytica and Android call/SMS logs, Uber tracking riders after trips, Grindr leaking HIV and GPS data, and Volkswagen’s emissions-cheat software that sent one engineer to jail. Recommends three concrete levers: leadership must intervene (set culture, remove toxic incentives), a written code with rules like value impact over engineering and accept full responsibility for deployed systems, and teaching ethics in university curricula so future engineers build trustworthy products.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and self-introduction
- 1:27Ethics in tech industry today
- 6:51Breaking down the ethical problem
- 10:08Leadership's role in ethics
- 11:37Engineer's code of ethics
- 14:29Ethics in university education
- 16:57Why ethics matter for engineers
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