The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and
Professional Practice asks professionals to ensure software that for example, does not diminish the quality of life, threaten privacy or harm the environment. Requirements Engineering inevitably raises ethical concerns and questions about the role of human values in software engineering. It is essential to identify these concerns early and to consider them throughout the
range of RE activities. Failing to do this will lead to consequences such as violations of privacy and breaches of confidentiality. Failing to account for the role of human values in RE will mean that they will drive RE implicitly.
The objective of this workshop is to explore the
intersection of ethics, human values, and requirements engineering. Discussions will address the role of ethics and values in RE practice and research, and we aim to identify emerging trends and research directions.
We invite you to submit research papers on Ethics in Requirements Engineering and topics related. The topics of interest include but not limited to
Aside from research papers, the workshop welcomes industry papers as well. In particular, we are looking for experience reports and short position that provide insights or criticism around software ethics in practice. We also invite journal-first submissions with a brief summary of how the journal paper connects to the workshop theme. In all categories it is possible to submit:
The paper must describe original work that has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere with the exception of journal-first. Submissions must be written in English. The format of your paper must strictly adhere to the IEEEtran Proceedings Format. There are several versions of the IEEE style. Please make sure you use exactly the versions that are linked below.
LaTeX users: please use the LaTeX class file IEEEtran v1.8 (CTAN archive) and the following configuration (without option ‘compsoc’ or ‘compsocconf’):
\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
Microsoft word users: please use the word template (see also its pdf file).
Please submit your paper via the following easychair link: submission link
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by three members of the program committee and selected based on workshop relevance, academic rigor (only research papers), innovation, industrial applicability, and quality of writing. Accepted papers will appear in the workshop program and will be published in IEEE Digital Library. At least one author is required to register and participate during the workshop.
Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden
University of Hamburg, Germany
Utrecht University, the Netherlands
University of Toronto, Canada
The workshop will be fully online on Monday, August 31st 2020. Authors and participants need a registration in advance. For registration, please refer to the RE'20 registration page.
Session | Time | Program | Responsible |
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Session1 | 10:30 - 10:35 | Opening: Workshop overview | REthics2020 Workshop chairs. |
10:35 - 11:15 | Keynote: Ethics, Values and Requirements Engineering: What, Why and How. Abstract: This talk will give an overview of three years of work in the OVIS lab (ovislab.net) at Monash University, Australia. We are exploring how to adapt software engineering methods, including RE, to be more ethical, responsible and respectful of human values. The talk will report on the state of SE research when it comes to ethics/values, the state of industry practice, and what we need to do to improve it. |
Prof. Jon Whittle, Monash University, Australia | |
11:15 – 11:30 | Paper1: Towards Ethical Requirements for Addictive Technology: The Case of Online Gambling | Deniz Cemiloglu, Emily Arden-Close, Sarah Hodge, Maris Catania, Raian Ali and Theodoros Kostoulas | |
11:30-11:45 | Paper 2: How Do Users Talk About Software? Searching for Common Ground | Barbara Paech, Kurt Schneider | |
11:45-12:00 | Paper 3: Software ethics in case study design | Liang Yu | |
Break | 12:00-13:00 | --- | |
Session2 | 13:00 – 14:30 | Discussion Panel: Ethics in RE practices |
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Betz - Furtwangen University, Germany Prof. Dr. Raian Ali - Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Dr. Fatma Aydemir, Boğaziçi, University, Turkey |
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