Ethics and RAPID Concepts

Mozilla Responsible Computing Challenge

RCS 109 Session 1 Report

Topic: Ethics and RAPID Concepts

Facilitator: Prof. Felix Musau

Date: 15^th June 2023

Introduction

The session aimed to Introduce the learners to the Mozilla project, responsible computing and the RAPID concepts i.e Responsibility, Accountability, Professionalism, Inclusivity and Diversity.

Session Summary

Prof. Felix Musau introduces the Mozilla Responsible Computing challenge to the learner and discussed its importance and the impact it will have in producing responsible ethical professionals. He also introduced the Riara University Mozilla Project (RAPID), where they had a chance to discuss responsibility, Accountability, Professionalism, Inclusivity and Diversity in the world of computing using various real-world examples. The learners then had a breakout session where they identify the RAPID concepts and had a debate in real world scenarios that had occurred in the past. The scenarios were:

• Scenario 1: “More Than Half Of College Students Believe Using ChatGPT To Complete Assignments is Cheating’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2023/03/20/more-than-half-of-college-students-believe-using-chatgpt-to-complete-assignments-is-cheating/?sh=53bce0dd18f9 
• Scenario 2: ‘Loss of jobs as banks go digital’

Skills learnt

The students were able to understand the importance of responsible computing through the RAPID concepts discussions and were able to apply the RAPID concepts in scenarios given and point out possible solutions or alternatives. This was captured through the presentations and