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Social Impact of Information System Failures
June 2009 (vol. 42 no. 6)
pp. 58-65
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| Tetsuo Tamai, "Social Impact of Information System Failures," Computer, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 58-65, June, 2009. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MC.2009.199, author = {Tetsuo Tamai}, title = {Social Impact of Information System Failures}, journal ={Computer}, volume = {42}, number = {6}, issn = {0018-9162}, year = {2009}, pages = {58-65}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.199}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - Computer TI - Social Impact of Information System Failures IS - 6 SN - 0018-9162 SP58 EP65 EPD - 58-65 A1 - Tetsuo Tamai, PY - 2009 KW - Ethics KW - Computing milieux KW - Software engineering KW - Database management KW - Information technology and systems KW - Computers and society VL - 42 JA - Computer ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MC.2009.199
The social impact of information systems becomes visible when serious system failures occur. A case of mistyping in entering a stock order by Mizuho Securities and the following lawsuit between Mizuho and the Tokyo Stock Exchange sheds light on the critical role of software in society.
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Ethics, Computing milieux, Software engineering, Database management, Information technology and systems, Computers and society
Citation:
Tetsuo Tamai, "Social Impact of Information System Failures," Computer, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 58-65, June 2009, doi:10.1109/MC.2009.199
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