Ethics and the Cost of Moral Tech Debt
summary
Software choices can kill or manipulate: Volkswagen ships software that reduced emissions 40× during tests to pass regulators, Boeing ships a design that depends on a single-sensor failure and two planes crash, and a client specification to auto‑adjust desk lights hides a surveillance feature that tracks employee time so the contract is refused. Advice is procedural: learn the product impact, call out ethical red flags, precommit to a decision rule and take a mechanical first step when pressure mounts.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker intro
- 1:48Why ethics matters in tech
- 6:29Cost of unethical tech decisions
- 8:19Ethical dilemmas in software
- 10:26Structuring ethics in companies
- 11:49Personal and company actions
- 14:18Making the right choice under pressure
- 16:27Closing and call to action
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