🔒 AI Ethics & Responsibility — Week 07

Practical governance, frameworks and tools for responsible AI in software engineering

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Software Development Course 2025
Responsible AI • Governance • Practical Guidelines

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Overview

This repository is the Week 07 deliverable for the AI in Software Engineering track: a comprehensive, actionable, and research-informed package on AI ethics and responsibility tailored for software engineering teams. It contains frameworks, assessment tools, case studies, governance guidance, and a small prototype to assist with policy checks.

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Objectives

• Define pragmatic ethics and governance guidance for AI in engineering workflows
• Provide checklists, assessment templates, and a minimal policy-checking prototype
• Present real-world case studies and remediations
• Offer a roadmap for operationalizing responsible AI within an engineering org

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Repository Structure

ai-se-w07-ethics-responsibility/
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├── docs/
│ ├── ethics_framework.md
│ ├── responsibility_guidelines.md
│ ├── assessment_checklist.md
│ └── case_studies.md
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├── src/
│ ├── policy_checker.py
│ └── utils.py
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├── examples/
│ ├── policy_demo.html
│ └── sample_policies.json
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├── assets/
│ └── branding.html
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├── ROADMAP.md
├── RELEASE_v1.0.0.md
├── CHANGELOG.md
├── LICENSE
└── README.md

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Quick Start

1. Clone:

git clone https://github.com/software-development-course-2025/ai-se-w07-ethics-responsibility
cd ai-se-w07-ethics-responsibility

2. Run minimal demo (optional):

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt || echo "No dependencies required for demo"
python src/policy_checker.py examples/sample_policies.json

3. Read high-impact docs in /docs, review ROADMAP.md for operational steps.

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What’s Included (Highlights)

• Practical framework to evaluate ethics impact across the SDLC.
• Assessment checklist ready to use by engineering teams.
• Prototype policy checker for JSON policy documents.
• Case studies that map mistakes to mitigations and controls.
• Roadmap to operationalize governance (policy > tooling > audit).

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Contribution

• Open issues for missing controls or new case studies
• PRs for new assessment metrics, tests, or integrations
• Follow semantic commit messages; keep PR descriptions explicit about changes

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License & Credits

Released under the MIT License. See LICENSE.
Prepared for the Software Development Course 2025 — Week 07.
Author: Augusto Mate (@augusto-mate)