This document contains a series of case studies that raise various questions of ethics that have occurred or may occur during the professional practice of software engineering or of software application development. At the end of each of them, a series of questions are raised to reflect on them or for discussion.
Access: https://www.sistedes.es/files/CasosEstudioCodigoEtico.pdf
Article written by Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A. Osborneb in 2017 which explores the susceptibility of jobs to computerisation. The investigation is based on US labour market outcomes and it analyses the quantity of jobs that are at risk.
Complete article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162516302244
Article named “You, me & TV” - Fighting Social Isolation of Older Adults with Facebook, TV and Multimodality written by José Baptista Coelho, Fábio Rito, and Carlos Duarte in 2016. Social isolation has negative consequences such as decreased quality of life and, in extreme cases, higher mortality risk. The project "You, me & TV" is a television-based multimodal Faceebok prototype and it was tested by three adults aged from 65 to 73 years with different levels of experience in social platforms such as Facebook.
Complete article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309000514_You_me_TV_-_Fighting_Social_Isolation_of_Older_Adults_with_Facebook_TV_and_Multimodality
Article written by Nadine Amsel, Zaid Ibrahim, Amir Malik, and Bill Tomlinson in 2011 where three research efforts were explore in the field of sustainable software engineering. The principal objetive of it is to create reliable, long-lasting software that at both time fulfill users needs and reduce environmental impact.
Complete article: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/224260085_Toward_sustainable_software_engineering_NIER_track
Paper written in 2020 by Mauro Bologna and Gerardo Aquino that links the sustainability of the current world population growth and the parallel deforestation process. Based on the current resource consumption rates and best estimate of technological rate growth the study shows that we have very low probability, less than 10% in most optimistic estimate, to survive without facing a catastrophic collapse.
Complete article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63657-6
Article written in 2018 by Hanna Pihkola, Mikko Hongisto, Olli Apilo and Mika Lasanen centered on the topic: mobile data consumption. The paper analyzes actual and future trends in energy consumption of mobile data transfer and networks in Finland. Energy usage is examined from a life cycle perspective.
Access to the paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326470455_Evaluating_the_Energy_Consumption_of_Mobile_Data_Transfer-From_Technology_Development_to_Consumer_Behaviour_and_Life_Cycle_Thinking
Research about the circular economy of material devices, for the transition to a collaborative and circular consumption of electronics.
eReuse is about the reuse electronics ensuring final recycling. We perform research on collaborative models for the traceability of digital devices across their lifespan, among the multiple stakeholders involved.
More information: https://dsg.ac.upc.edu/circular
This article talks about the economic footprint of streaming videos. This service has increased exponentially in recent years all over the world, making more and more users consume this type of content online every day.
Complete article: https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-what-is-the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-on-netflix/