Good Computing : Moral Exemplars in the Computing Profession(<Special Issue>Information Ethics)

Abstract

An interview-based study of moral exemplars in the computing profession in the United Kingdom and Scandinavia reveals that moral excellence in the profession is not a unidimensional construct. There are at least two documented approaches to making moral concerns the center of one's career in computing, and almost certainly more than two. The PRIMES model of influences on moral excellence presented here (Personality, Integration of Morality into the Self, Moral Ecology, Skills and Knowledge) has implications for both practice and pedagogy.