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Why do computer scientists and software engineers have particular responsibilities under this specification?.
- A.They alone are responsible for creating every law.
- B.Their algorithms and code can affect people at very large scale.
- C.They are required to remove all moral values from software.
- D.Their work can only affect the organisation that employs them.
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- Their algorithms and code can affect people at very large scale.
Explanation
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The specification links power and responsibility to the algorithms computer scientists devise and the code they deploy. Software used worldwide can produce great good or cause great harm.
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