An exploratory analysis of Computing Ethics practices and instruction through Brazilian cyberspace

Luiz Paulo Carvalho; Flávia Maria Santoro; Jonice Oliveira

doi:10.5753/jis.2022.2604

Authors

Luiz Paulo Carvalho Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1732-5517
Flávia Maria Santoro Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3421-1984
Jonice Oliveira Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2495-1463

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5753/jis.2022.2604

Keywords:

Ethical Decision-Making, computing ethics, Cyberculture, computing ethics Instruction

Abstract

The heterogeneity and plurality of actors and the possible issues that influence Ethical Decision-Making (EDM) make EDM a multi-faceted phenomenon. This research aims to (i) investigate the training or instructional path in ethics or computing ethics, and (ii) investigate these phenomena from ethics of resistance disruptive, critical, and innovative perspective. The simplification and reduction of the holistic panorama partially explain that empirical research on this topic has failed to generate cumulative results. Therefore, we collect and analyze four hundred and thirty-four responses from a questionnaire, mostly from computer experts associated with their instruction on ethics and “immoral” or “unethical” practices that they have been involved in, directly or indirectly. Based on the results obtained, the main contribution is an interpretive and exploratory computing ethics/ethics discussion about instruction and the morality of practices through cyberspace.

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