Ethics and Human Behaviour in ICT Development

The authors inform readers about ethics, particularly in a professional context, encouraging self-assessment of their behaviour with thought-provoking accounts of technological development in information communication technology and the automation industry based in Wroclaw, Poland and elsewhere. This book provides a framework for understanding the relationship between ethics and behaviour, and analyses critically ethical and behavioural issues in challenging workplaces and social contexts. It includes: case studies from central and Eastern Europe, especially Poland, which illustrate the relationships between human behaviour and ethics;biographies of successful Polish ICT and automation leading designers;analysis of human behaviour and ethics in a challenging industrial development; andillustrative practical applications alongside the theory of human behaviour and ethics.Ethics and Human Behaviour in Industrial Development pays particular attention to Elwro, formerly the largest manufacturer of computers in Poland, and explores the growth and fall of the firm to demonstrate how Poland became a focal point of ICT development history. The book is designed for engineers, computer scientists, researchers and professionals alike, as well as being of interest for those broadly concerned with ethics and human behaviour.