CS 492/CS 692 W07 Role-Playing Exercise 2

Professional responsibility when workers are displaced

Team A

A group of computer scientists in an organization who believe that computer scientists in that organization work best by focusing on their technical skills, writing computer programs, without concern about possible displacement of workers within the organization, by virtue of automation (being done as result of their computer programs).

Team B

A group of computer scientists in the same organization who feel that computer scientists must take an active role in determining the possible displacement of workers within the organization, due to automation (being done as a result of their programs) and in lobbying on behalf of these workers.