Global Software Engineering in the Age of GitHub and Zoom

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2104.02592v1
• Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2021 15:29:41 GMT
• Title: Global Software Engineering in the Age of GitHub and Zoom
• Authors: James Herbsleb
• Abstract summary: pervasive and profound impact of software in the world forces new and deeply challenging responsibilities on developers and academics. We must find better ways of incorporating ethics into our development practices. We must pay far more attention to harmful unintended consequences as deployed systems interact with and often disrupt crucial social systems.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Much has changed since the inaugural ICGSE conference in 2006. Tools have improved, awareness of cultural differences is widespread, and developments such as the foregrounding of open source have all enhanced our ability to work across geographic divides. But the pervasive and profound impact of software in the world -- especially for societal scale systems such as social media -- forces new and deeply challenging responsibilities on both developers and academics. We must find better ways of incorporating ethics into our development practices and pay far more attention to harmful unintended consequences as deployed systems interact with and often disrupt crucial social systems.

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