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Profession

Wikipedia: “A profession is a vocation founded upon specialised educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain”

(New Statesman, 21 April 1917)

Have a look at the Wikipedia page because it is contested precisely on the distinction between the vernacular and technical meanings.

What Makes a Profession?

“To me, the essence of professionalism is a commitment to develop one’s skills to the fullest and to apply [them] responsibly to the problems at hand. Professionalism requires adherence to the highest ethical standards of conduct and a willingness to subordinate narrow self-interest in pursuit of the more fundamental goal of public service”

(Justice Sandra Day O’Connor — US Supreme Court)

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Some other definitions...

• “Doing things right and doing the right thing”

(Chambers 20th Century Dictionary)

• “an employment not mechanical and requiring some degree of learning; habitual employment; the collective body of persons engaged in any profession...” (e.g. lawyers, doctors, architects, surveyors, accountants, engineers)

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The Computing Profession

• The nature of a profession
• Professional Bodies
• Reservation of title and function
• Software Development as engineering
• The Status of Engineers
• International Recognition of Engineering Qualifications
• Compulsory Registration of Software Engineers

Slide 4: The Computing Profession

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Professional Bodies in Computing

• The development of Professional Bodies
• Professional Conduct
• Education
• Continuing Professional Development
• The advancement of Knowledge
• Membership Grades
• Official Advice

Slide 5: Professional Bodies in Computing

• The development of Professional Bodies [p. 25]
• Professional Conduct [p. 26]
• Education [p. 29]
• Continuing Professional Development [p. 31]
• The advancement of Knowledge [p. 33]
• Membership Grades [p. 34]
• Official Advice [p. 36]

(Bott, Chapter 3)

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The Collective Body

• The collective body controls entry to the profession
• The collective body is self governing and self regulatory, in the sense that it establishes and enforces a code of conduct on its members
• The collective body is established either by a Royal Charter or an Act of Parliament which defines the extent of its authority and requires it to undertake certain duties and responsibilities

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Professional Bodies

• Promote and set standards in education — Accredit courses
• Promote continuing personal development
• Promote advancement of the subject
• Promote exchange of knowledge
• Give official advice

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...in USA

• Term ‘engineer’ much more strictly applied than here
• State licensing boards
• Applying strict regulation to software engineers would cripple the sector

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...in UK, BCS Codes

...of Conduct

• Sets out the professional standards required by the Society as a condition of membership
• Covers public interest, duty to relevant authority, duty to the profession, professional competence and integrity

...of Good Practice

• “Describes standards of practice relating to contemporary demands found in IT”
• Covers practices common to all disciplines plus some specific to IT, business, education...

IFIP

• the leading multinational, apolitical organisation in Information & Communications Technologies and Sciences
• recognised by United Nations and other world bodies
• represents IT Societies from 56 countries or regions, covering all 5 continents with a total membership of over half a million
• links more than 3500 scientists from Academia and Industry, organised in more than 101 Working Groups reporting to 13 Technical Committees
• sponsors 100 conferences yearly providing unparallelled coverage from theoretical informatics to the relationship between informatics and society including hardware and software technologies, and networked information systems

IFIP — no Code of Conduct

• Attempts were criticised as being from the perspective of white well-off males
• Instead it issued guidelines but left this to member organisations
• For instance, on viruses IFIP urges:
  • Computer professionals to recognise the disastrous potential of viruses and not to distribute viruses knowingly
  • Educators to impress upon students the dangers of viruses
  • Publishers to refrain from publishing details of virus programs
  • Developers of virus detectors not to distribute viruses as tests
  • Resources to be devoted to R & D of protection mechanisms
  • Governments to make distribution an offence

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ACM — General Moral Imperatives

As an ACM member I will:

• Contribute to society and human well being
• Avoid harm to others
• Be honest and trustworthy

• ...

EU FEANI

Mobility directives

• Allow movement and professional recognition between countries
• F´ed´eration Europ´eene d’Associations Nationales d’Ing´enieurs
• Members can use prefix Eur.Ing.

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Practices Common to all Engineering Disciplines

• Maintain your technical competence
• Adhere to regulations
• Act professionally as a specialist
• Use appropriate methods and tools
• Manage your workload efficiently
• Participate maturely
• Respect the interests of your customers
• Promote good practices within the organisation
• Represent the profession to the public

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Practices covered by the BCS

• Information Technology
• Programme/Project Management
• Relationship Management
• Security and Safety
• Change Management
• Quality
• Business Processes
• Research & Development

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Summary

Members of the Computing Profession are expected:

• to work within the relevant legal framework
• to act within a framework of rules of conduct
• to be familiar with best practice and to exercise judgementin applying it