Question

In this activity you will explore how ethical considerations impact on programming and demonstrate your ability to design basic selection structures.

Scenario : Medical facilities must often deal with the situation that the number of organs available for transplants are less than the patients desperately in need of such organs . Suppose you have been asked to write a computer program that selects one of several eligible candidates to receive an available organ.

CREATE YOUR OWN .BE CREATIVE .

1. Discuss ethical challenges that can arise when designing a computer program.
2. Discuss the types of data to be recorded and used in the decision-making-process of your computer program
3. Explain the decisions you contemplate on making in your programming
4. Do a flowchart or pseudocode showing basic selection structure for one of the decisions to be executed by your program

Answer 1

Privacy, accuracy, property, accessibility, and effects on quality of life, are all issues that must be considered in developing and delivering computer software systems. Choosing a particular approach to system development can either hinder or facilitate addressing these issues in an ethical manner.

Types of data to be recorded: Blood type , Body size , Severity of patient's medical condition , Distance between the donor's hospital and the patient's hospital , The patient's waiting time , Whether the patient is available

Depending on the organ, however, some factors become more important. For example, some organs can survive outside the body longer than others. So the distance between the donor's hospital and the potential recipient's hospital must be taken into consideration.