Software companies and Corporate social responsibility (CSR)

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Software companies and Corporate SocialSoftware companies and Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR)Responsibility (CSR)
When we will fix the cause, then we will
fix the problem and the consequences

The situation in manufacturingThe situation in manufacturing
companiescompanies
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The manufacturers of toys, cars, food, etc. are
responsible for their products. It is commonplace
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These producers have to often look for a new
solution to problems in the field of physics,
chemistry and the other laws of nature

The situation in software companiesThe situation in software companies
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Software companies are not responsible for their
products
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Programming is an exact discipline, where can
be all procedures clearly defined, programmed
and tested
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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CSR is a commitment of companies to behave in
accordance with the values and goals of Society
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CSR applies to all company activities that
may have an impact on customers and the
world

Compliance - accordanceCompliance - accordance
with the ruleswith the rules
Compliance - the conduct of the company and
employees in accordance with laws

Software companies andSoftware companies and CorporateCorporate
Social ResponsibilitySocial Responsibility (CSR)(CSR)
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Criticism of software companies and naming
weaknesses does not aim to harm the
interests of these software companies
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The intention is to provoke debate and
protect billions of users, before people will die
after hacker attacks

Software companies andSoftware companies and CorporateCorporate
Social ResponsibilitySocial Responsibility (CSR)(CSR)
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The operating system is the foundation of every
computers and smart phones
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The operating system is in billions of devices
worldwide
Who gets access to the operating system,
then they have access to all programs on this
computer or phone

CSR and Software companiesCSR and Software companies
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Programming is an exact discipline, where can be all
procedures clearly defined, programmed and tested
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Programmers do not have to respect the laws of
nature
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Mistakes or backdoors in the programs is not the
result of ignorance of laws of nature
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Mistakes or backdoors in the program are the result
of poor work of analysts and programmers

Carmakers x Software companiesCarmakers x Software companies
The rules and responsibilities that
apply in the production of cars, do
not apply to software companies

The rules and responsibilities that apply in the
production of cars, does not apply in software
companies
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Error in the construction of cars concerns of
thousands up to millions of drivers and passengers
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Error in an operating system threatens to all
people on the Earth

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Volkswagen (DieselGate)
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Scientists and engineers have stumbled up on the limits of
current knowledge in the area of diesel engines and diesel
combustion
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Managers pushed through an unethical solution
Scope of the problem
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From 2015
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Accidents: 0
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Vehicles with error : cca 11 millions

Takata (exploding airbags)
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The danger lay in the sudden explosion of the airbag
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There are reports that the company's management knew
about the problem
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From 2013
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Accidents: > 100
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Vehicles with error : cca 53 milionů

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Takata and Volkswagen
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Investigations are in underway
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Manufacturers are responsible for TDI engines,
respectively airbags
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No one doubts that the mistake was made by the
manufacturers

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IT environment
–PR departments of large software companies
pushed through over the past 15-20 years view that
is not possible to create better operating systems
–This view is the basis of all the current problems with
computer viruses and hacker attacks
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At least from 1989
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Accidents : a great many
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The device with weakness : a few billion

CSR and responsibility SoftwareCSR and responsibility Software
companiescompanies
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What man conceives a different person can
improve and enhance
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This approach is the basis of technological progress
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This is also true in the field of software
development
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Large SW companies refuse to respect this
opinion

companiescompanies
Paradoxes of software environment,
especially operating systems
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Founder and co-owner of Microsoft Bill Gates, is the
richest man in the world
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Weaknesses in Windows, a product of Microsoft
are, are the cause that forces users to spend large
resources to deal with hacking and computer viruses

companiescompanies
Paradoxes of software environment,
especially operating systems
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Weaknesses in Windows, the product of Microsoft, are the
easiest way for hidden intrusion to PCs and other devices in
homes, businesses and offices around the world
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Weaknesses in Windows forcing users to additional costs
(purchase antivirus, etc.)
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Vulnerabilities are often common for the latest version and
the old version (eg. XP, Vista, 7)

companiescompanies
The biggest problems in the IT environment are more than 15
years still the same - vulnerable operating systems or
programs
List of the most vulnerable programs in recent years has not
changed
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Windows (Microsoft)
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Adobe Flash Player (ADOBE)
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JAVA (Oracle)
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Browser Internet Explorer (Microsoft)
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Android (Google/ Alphabet)

companiescompanies
Paradoxes of software environment, especially
operating system
The second and third most valuable company on the
stock exchange created conditions for the development
of computer viruses and hacker attacks
1) Apple
2) Alphabet (Google)
3) Microsoft

SolutionSolution

CSR and responsibility of SoftwareCSR and responsibility of Software
companiescompanies
A solution exists. We must accept the fact that it is
possible to create programs better, especially
operating systems
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In fact , if I do not know the solution, this does not
mean that is not an existinf solution
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Programming is an exact discipline, where can be all
procedures clearly defined, programmed and tested

companiescompanies
Solution exist. We must accept the fact that is
possible to create programs better, first of all
operating systems
If VW, Takata and other carmakers are
responsible for their products. Likewise
Software companies have to be responsible
producers of operating systems and other
computer programs

companiescompanies
Solutions exist. We must accept the fact that is
possible to create programs better, first of all in
operating systems
Scientists, engineers and technicians in the USA
prepared and realized in eight years the Apollo
program. Is absurd that we not solve in 15 years
earthly problems such are bugs in operating
systems and backdoors in them.

companiescompanies
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What one man conceives can another person improve and enhance
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This approach is the basis of technological progress
The pressure on software companies and makers of operating
systems mainly cause by limiting the space for computer viruses
and hacker attacks
The pressure on software companies costs large sums of money for
citizens, non-IT companies and offices

companiescompanies
Solution exist. We must accept the fact that is possible
to create programs better, first of all operating systems
The pressure on software companies sets in this field the
liability rules that must adhere car manufacturers, aircraft
or food
Acceptance of responsibility by software companies will
return back into the IT environment trust and it will help
the development of the entire field

companiescompanies
Require from software companies equal
responsibility for their products, as from other
companies, is at first glance a big task
This change will help solve most problems with computer
viruses and hacker attacks
This change will save customers a lot of money on
ineffective security measures

companiescompanies
The first step. Large software companies must be
equally responsible for their products like
manufacturers of planes, cars or food
Quality and basic level of security should not be a
business, but must be a fundamental property of
each SW

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Tell about it your colleagues and friends, Thank you.
Author :
Jiri Napravnik,
e-mail napravnik.jiri@salamandr.cz,
@NapravnikJiri

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For more see :
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