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Technical debt is an ethical issue

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We introduce the problem of technical debt, with particular focus on critical infrastructure, and put forward our view that this is a digital ethics issue. We propose that the software engineering process must adapt its current notion of technical debt-focusing on technical costs-to include the potential cost to society if the technical debt is not addressed, and the cost of analysing, modelling and understanding this ethical debt. Finally, we provide an overview of the development of educational material-based on a collection of technical debt case studies-in order to teach about technical debt and its ethical implications.
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hal-03782691 , version 1 (21-09-2022)

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John Paul Gibson, Massamaesso Narouwa, Damian Gordon, Dympna O'Sullivan, Jonathan Turner, et al.. Technical debt is an ethical issue. ETHICOMP 2022: Effectiveness of ICT ethics – How do we help solve ethical problems in the field of ICT?, Jul 2022, Turku, Finland. pp.258-266, ⟨10.21427/Y73Z-6P82⟩. ⟨hal-03782691⟩
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