Post #2832572
2025-12-26 15:58 UTC
@soph@grrl.me @pork_soda@friendsofdesoto.social @hittitezombie@mastodon.me.uk @hazelweakly@hachyderm.io
It honestly should be part of the general education core curriculum, right there alongside Math and English for incoming freshmen right out of high school.
I'd argue that ethics (and ethical behavior) *serves* business and deliverables. But then I work in computer security and adjacent, where someone doing a poor job with things like private data handling can cause major issues down the road. In computer science, as in all science, "first do no harm" should be a foundational rule, but clearly some kids don't get that message...
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@hittitezombie@mastodon.me.uk 2025-12-26 17:48
@tbortels@infosec.exchange @soph@grrl.me @pork_soda@friendsofdesoto.social @hazelweakly@hachyderm.io These days I work in software, and we try to train our people in ethics as a mandatory training course. Even though it's not clear to me how much you can understand from approx an hour of video and a quick slide. More of a tickbox exercise for HR.
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@hittitezombie@mastodon.me.uk 2025-12-26 17:49
@tbortels@infosec.exchange @soph@grrl.me @pork_soda@friendsofdesoto.social @hazelweakly@hachyderm.io I had also done philosophy as an elective in high school - it wasn't a very popular option in the tech/maths track. I'm not claiming I understood everything as a 17y old, but it did give me an introduction.