REMOTE: Practical Ethics in Technology: how do we get there?

** Tonight's meetup will now be run remotely. Please check slack channel or Meetup notifications for details **

When will your personal data be hacked, leaked or compromised? If you think it already hasn't happened to you, think again. What about your parent's data? Your children's data?

We are increasingly inhabiting a digital world, scattering electronic footprints in databases near and far. We, as technologists, have a responsibility to ensure that our products are using that data for good. Treating the humans and communities we serve with respect. Behaving ethically both individually and collectively in the companies and teams we work in. There are those who would have you believe that ethics and capitalism cannot coexist, that businesses are only rewarded if they put profit first and customers last. I refuse to accept this is true.

This talk provides an introduction to what it even means to even 'be ethical', how doing so can benefit your bottom line, and explore some practical tips to build your ethical muscles so we can build the kind of future we want to have, that our children deserve to have.

About Nicola

With a career spanning many aspects of the software process including producing code, requirements gathering, project management, QA, customer support and production of user manuals, Nicola enjoys making software useful.

An active member on more slack communities than she can count, and organiser of the CTO School meetup, Nicola still always makes time to give back to this group with mentoring, support, general advice and the occasional slack rant! This is her first presentation to Tech Leading Ladies, but hopefully not the last!

Remote Format: (Times may vary)
6:15 Networking/Chatting & icebreakers
6:30 Presentation + Q&A
7:15 pm Workshop/Break out discussion
8pm Come back together for final thoughts
8:30 End