Professor Emeritus Simon Rogerson | |
---|---|
Nationality | British |
Awards | IFIP Working Group 9.2 Namur Award (1999), ACM SIGCAS Making a Difference Award (2005) |
Academic background | |
Influences | Andrew Sereda, Christine Fidler, Terrell Ward Bynum, Donald Gotterbarn |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Computer Science,Information Systems,Applied Philosophy |
Main interests | Computer and Information Ethics,Information Systems,Professionalism,Information Integrity,Interdisciplinary Approaches |
Notable works | ETHICOMP conference series and academic community,SoDIS (Software Development Impact Statement),Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice |
Website | https://www.routledge.com/authors/i21506-simon-rogerson https://de-montfort.epexio.com/records/D/102 https://dmu.academia.edu/SimonRogerson |
Simon Rogerson is lifetime Professor Emeritus in Computer Ethics at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR),De Montfort University. [1] He was the founder and editor for 19 volumes of the Journal of Information,Communication and Ethics in Society. [2] He has had two careers;first as a technical software developer and then in academia as reformer (according to Huff and Barnard [3] ). He was the founding Director of CCSR,launching it in 1995 at the first ETHICOMP conference which he conceived [4] and co-directed until 2013. [5] He became Europe's first Professor in Computer Ethics in 1998. [6] His most important research focuses on providing rigorously grounded practical tools and guidance to computing practitioners. For his leadership and research achievements in the computer and information ethics interdisciplinary field he was awarded the fifth IFIP-WG9.2 Namur Award in 2000 [7] and the SIGCAS Making a Difference Award in 2005. [8]
As a teenager Rogerson wanted to work in the computer industry. On graduating from the University of Dundee he joined Thorn Lighting as a Fortran Programmer in 1972. He progressed to Senior Systems Analyst before transferring to Thorn EMI in 1976 as Technical Systems Manager and where he became Computer Services Manager in 1981. He left his full-time post in 1983 to pursue a career in academia. However,he maintained his link with industry through freelance consultancy and membership of several professional bodies. [9]
Rogerson joined the Department of Information Systems at Leicester Polytechnic (later to become De Montfort University [10] ) in 1983. He was appointed under a government initiative to attract IT industrialists in to Higher Education. [11] Initially,he focused on lecturing about Project Management,Systems Analysis and Management Support Systems. It was the latter which led him into research starting by co-authoring works with Dr Christine Fidler culminating in the book Strategic Management Support Systems in 1996. [12]
Rogerson is an innovative educator. He created and was the founding course leader of a European-focused Business Information Systems Degree in 1990. [13] He developed student guides for undergraduates,publishing Project Skills Handbook [14] and co-authoring Successful Group Work. [15] He introduced a series of course modules focussing on computer and information ethics. Rogerson and Tugrul Esendal developed and delivered an innovative course module addressing quality assurance and ethics in Software Engineering for which they received a Research Informed Teaching Award in 2007. [16] He introduced the Information Society Doctoral Programme which continues to attract research students worldwide. [17] In 2008,funded by HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council of England) Rogerson developed a virtual learning environment for doctoral students at De Montfort University where they could learn about and discuss research ethics. [18] In 2009 he ran a Masters Summer School on the Social Impact of Computing at Gdansk University of Technology,Poland. [19]
Through sharing his IS/IT industrial experience with his students Rogerson realised that current professional practice was having little effect on reducing the risk of IS/IT system failure. This led him to focus his research on new interdisciplinary approaches to IS/IT project management,design and implementation which embraced computer and information ethics. [20] He and Donald Gotterbarn created the Software Development Impact Statement (SoDIS) process which encourages those involved in IS/IT project management to consider the wider ramifications of their work. [21] An associated decision support tool,SoDIS Project Auditor was developed and successfully used around the world. [22] As a member of the BCS Ethics Strategic Panel,he was one of the creators of DIODE,an ethical assessment tool for new and emerging technologies. [23] He conceived and co-developed a dependency mapping method for the implementation of technological innovations. [24] Rogerson’s research extended to IS/IT application areas with notable work in electronic voting [25] and personal health monitoring. [26] A second important focus of Rogerson’s research is professionalism in computing. His book Ethical aspects of information technology:Issues for senior executives,published in 1998 for the Institute of Business Ethics,remains one the few to address ethics of computing from a corporate perspective. [27] He has made significant contributions to the development of professional standards in several computer related bodies. He was a member of the executive team which developed the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) / IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice for which he received the IEEE Certificate of Appreciation in 1998. [28] He led the development of the code of ethics for the Institute for the Management of Information Systems [29] and the redevelopment of the Code of Good Practice of BCS,The Chartered Institute of IT. [30] Between 1998 and 2010 Rogerson led a longitudinal survey to explore the attitudes of information systems professionals. It provides a unique snapshot as seen through an ethical lens. [31] Practitioner access to Rogerson’s research was made possible through his regular ETHIcol column which he wrote for the IMIS Journal from 1995 to 2012. [32]
Rogerson has been the prime instigator in establishing a computer and information ethics movement in Europe. [33] As founding director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR) his visionary leadership resulted in the ETHICOMP conference series,which he co-directed with Terry Bynum,and the Journal of Information,Communication and Ethics in Society. Professor Krystyna Gorniak,who attended ETHICOMP 95,wrote to Rogerson on 10 April 1995,"…the newly established CCSR is one of the prominent steps towards the creation of a world-wide network of scholars who are concerned about humankind's wellbeing in the age of computers …" CCSR's web site,which was launched in 1997,became the world's leading portal for computer and information ethics. With over 2 million annual visits [34] it remained so until the advent of social media. There have been 15 ETHICOMP conferences to date with around 1,250 papers being presented. [35] The ETHICOMP name has become recognised and respected in the field of computer and information ethics and in 1999 it was registered as a trademark by De Montfort University to control its use and ensure ongoing integrity on behalf of the ETHICOMP community. [36] The Journal of Information,Communication and Ethics in Society continues to promote thoughtful dialogue regarding the wider social and ethical issues related to the planning,development,implementation and use of new media and information and communication technologies. [37] After nineteen years Rogerson stepped down as founding editor at the end of 2021. His leadership extends into professional bodies. As chairman of the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (2009-2013) he led its incorporation into BCS –The Chartered Institute for IT (formerly British Computer Society) in 2013. [38] In Europe he was one a five-person commission which undertook the review of FP6 (the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development for the period 2002 to 2006) reporting its findings and recommendations to the European Commission. [39] He led the development of the ethics guidelines for the ICT work programme of FP7 (European Union's Research and Innovation. funding programme for 2007-2013),making it mandatory for all European Union funded ICT research to address explicitly the ethical issues surrounding prospective research activity. [40]
1995
1996
1998
1999
2000
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2010
2012
2018
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a US-based international learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 and is the world's largest scientific and educational computing society. The ACM is a non-profit professional membership group, reporting nearly 110,000 student and professional members as of 2022. Its headquarters are in New York City.
The British Computer Society (BCS), branded BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, since 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in information technology (IT), computing, software engineering and computer science, both in the United Kingdom and internationally. Founded in 1957, BCS has played an important role in educating and nurturing IT professionals, computer scientists, software engineers, computer engineers, upholding the profession, accrediting chartered IT professional status, and creating a global community active in promoting and furthering the field and practice of computing.
Computer ethics is a part of practical philosophy concerned with how computing professionals should make decisions regarding professional and social conduct.
Donald William Gotterbarn is a computer ethics researcher. Gotterbarn received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1971 from the University of Rochester. He also earned his M. Div. from the Colgate Rochester Divinity School.
The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) is a global organisation for researchers and professionals working in the field of computing to conduct research, develop standards and promote information sharing.
The Computer Conservation Society (CCS) is a British organisation, founded in 1989. It is under the joint umbrella of the British Computer Society (BCS), the London Science Museum and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Simon Peyton Jones is a British computer scientist who researches the implementation and applications of functional programming languages, particularly lazy functional programming.
CIPS is the professional association of IT professionals in Canada. Since 1958 CIPS has helped strengthen the Canadian IT industry by establishing standards and sharing best practices for the benefit of individual IT professionals and the sector as a whole. CIPS represents thousands of members across the country as Canada’s Association of Information Technology Professionals.
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is an association for information and communications technology professionals with 40,000+ members Australia-wide. According to its Constitution, its objectives are "to advance professional excellence in information technology" and "to promote the development of Australian information and communications technology resources".
Amanda Elizabeth Chessell is a computer scientist and a Distinguished Engineer at IBM. She has been awarded the title of IBM Master Inventor. She is also a Member of the IBM Academy of Technology.
Cyber ethics is the philosophic study of ethics pertaining to computers, encompassing user behavior and what computers are programmed to do, and how this affects individuals and society. For years, various governments have enacted regulations while organizations have defined policies about cyberethics.
John Weckert is an Australian philosopher who has been an influential figure in, and substantial contributor to the field of information and computer ethics. He has published many books and journal articles outlining his research in this field.
Jeroen van den Hoven is a Dutch ethicist and a philosophy professor at Delft University of Technology. He specializes in ethics of information technology.
Ronald Eugene Anderson, also known as Ron Anderson, was an American sociologist. He was a Professor Emeritus at University of Minnesota in Twin Cities where he taught sociology from 1968 to 2005. His early work focused on social and institutional factors shaping the diffusion of technology-based teaching. Since 2007, his work has focused on web-based compassion and world suffering.
The Swiss Informatics Society, short "SI", is a Swiss organization of computer science educators, researchers, and professionals.
This article gives an overview of professional ethics as applied to computer programming and software development, in particular the ethical guidelines that developers are expected to follow and apply when writing programming code, and when they are part of a programmer-customer or employee-employer relationship. These rules shape and differentiate good practices and attitudes from the wrong ones when creating software or when making decisions on a crucial or delicate issue regarding a programming project. They are also the basis for ethical decision-making skills in the conduct of professional work.
The network and service management taxonomy serves as a classification system for research on the management of computer networks and the services provided by computer networks. The taxonomy has been created and is being maintained by a joint effort of the Flamingo FP7 Project and the Committee of Network Operations and Management (CNOM) of the Communications Society (COMSOC) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Working Group 6.6 of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP). The taxonomy is organized into seven categories. The first four categories identify what kind of network/service/business aspect is being managed and which functional areas are covered. The remaining three categories identify which management paradigms, technologies, and methods are used.
Tore Dybå is a Norwegian scientist and software engineer in the fields of information systems and computer science. He has been a Chief Scientist at SINTEF ICT since 2003.
Carol Spradling is an American professor, computer scientist who served as the first Director of the School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. She is known for her work with computer ethics, profession-based education, interactive media, and expanding the involvement of underrepresented groups and women in computing. Dr. Spradling taught computer science courses and served as a provost fellow and a liaison to the Northland Center For Advanced Professional Studies program. Spradling served on the Missouri Department of Higher Education Panel on The Role of Faculty in Establishing and Implementing a Blueprint for Missouri Higher Education.
Hussein S. M. Zedan was a computer scientist of Egyptian descent, mainly based in the United Kingdom.