The School of Computer Science, in Technological University Dublin (where I work) applied for, and successfully obtained, funding for a research project that is very dear to my heart - which is how do we introduce more ethics teaching into the computer science curriculum, so that when our students get jobs and are asked to write programs, that they think about the potential implications of their actions. Since the project has started I've spoken a lot of people in the IT industry about it, and most of them have a story that goes something like: "I had to resign from one company I worked for because they asked me to ... and I thought it was wrong". I think it's really important we equip the students for these kinds of moments.
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