ENGR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Copyright Infringement, Computer Virus, Iron Ring
Document Summary
Ethical concerns created by use of software. Engineer uses and bases decisions on software output. Incorrect or misunderstood output results in failure. When software is used in engineering decisions, engineer should. Be competent in area in which software is used. Know theory and assumptions used by software. Know range and limits of its validity. Canadian alliance against software theft detects/prosecutes copyright. Plagiarism: taking creative material of others and passing it off as your own. Material created by others should be clearly and completely cited. Engineers: could face charge of professional misconduct. Participation in their creation is subject to criminal prosecution. Engineer has duty to expose such conduct. The act of signing and sealing a document. It is considered professional misconduct to seal a document that was neither. Ceremony ritual of calling of an engineer. Voluntary commitment to act in honest and conscientious manner. Participants in ceremony wear iron ring on little finger of working hand.
