Responsibility for an accident is rarely defined clearly and is often difficult to trace to one or two people or causes. In this

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Responsibility for an accident is rarely defined clearly and is often difficult to trace to one or two people or causes. In this

fictitious case, it is clear that a large number of people share responsibility for the accident. Identify all the people you think were at least partially responsible for the death of Bart Matthews, and explain why you think so.

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Bas_tet [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-25T13:30:50+03:00

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Read the fictitious killer Robot case found at the web site for the Online Ethics Center for Engineering & Science.

The case begins with the incitement of a programmer for manslaughter for writing a faulty code that resulted in the death of a robot operator. Slowly, over the course of many articles, you are introduced to several factors within the corporation that contributed to the accident. Read the case and answer the following questions:

Responsibility for an accident is rarely defined clearly and is often difficult to trace to one or two people or causes. In this fictitious case, it is clear that a large number of people share responsibility for the accident. Identify all the people you think were at least partially responsible for the death of Bart Matthews, and explain why you think so.

Answer and Explanation:

When reading the case indicated in the question above, we can see that it is a case where a poorly programmed industrial robot killed its operator. In this case, we can point out that the programmers of this robot are the first culprits. This is because the robot in question exhibited a violent and dangerous behavior that could have been avoided with correct programming and effective tests. This shows that the programmers did not have enough knowledge and experience to work on this project. This makes us able to point out other culprits that is the company that hired the programmers called Silicon Techtronics, as well as the manager and responsible for the project because it had the obligation to assess the degree of professionalism of the programmers, as well as ensuring the safety of employees.