Readings

The readings for this week center around engineering disasters and whistleblowing.

These readings are about when mission critical systems failed disastrously.

These readings are about two cases of whistleblowing.

Optional: Therac-25

Optional: Challenger

Optional: Boeing Computer Security

Optional: Chelsea/Bradley Manning:

Optional: Literature

Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden is another figure that can be discussed in the context of whistleblowing, but we will save our discussion of his story for the following week when we talk about security and privacy concerns.

Quiz

Once you have completed the readings, fill out the following quiz:

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