Social Responsibility Attitudes Among Undergraduate Computer Science Students: An Empirical Analysis
Ethical challenges in AI and social media have raised concerns about the adequacy of ethics education in undergraduate computer science programs. Despite calls for reforms, there's limited evidence on how well these programs foster professional ethics compared to other fields. This study compares the professional ethics attitudes of computing students to those in other disciplines and examines variations within computing based on demographics.
Executive Summary
This study explores personal and professional social responsibility attitudes among undergraduate computing students at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Using survey results from a sample of 982 students who graduated between 2017 and 2021, it compares social responsibility attitudes across disciplines. Findings indicate significantly lower social responsibility attitudes among computer science students than peers in other disciplines, underlining the need for more effective ethics education in computing programs.