Computing is a profession

The Computing Profession at a Crossroads

Computer B y any measure, the computing field enjoyed a golden era during the past decade. About two years ago, however, a rather dramatic meltdown began as harsh economic realities unfolded, causing an attendant upheaval in the field. Suddenly, there was a glut of seasoned computing professionals in the job market, and businesses became disenchanted with the value of their computing investment...

Is Forensic Computing a Profession? Revisiting an Old Debate in a New Field

Forensic Computing is a new and quickly developing field. It is in the process of becoming an academic discipline or sub-discipline with all the features from full undergraduate and postgraduate course provision to conferences and journals. An important question in this process of turning into an established discipline is whether it will coincide with the recognition of the graduates as profess...

Nursing profession: a pragmatic discipline

Background & Aim: The nursechr('39')s philosophical perspective affects his/her caring performance. Pragmatism is also an important philosophical thought. Pragmatism is often found in nursing texts, but few authors have discussed in depth its application in nursing. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to review the effects of pragmatism philosophy in the dimensions of knowledge, education...

How New Computing Technology Reformed the Audit Profession

This paper describes how the audit profession went through a paradigm restructuring itself, by taking advantage of ICT, which led to a wave of mergers from 1987 to 1998. The paper also presents two cases of fraud; the Kreuger and the Enron affairs. The latter led to the conviction of Arthur Andersen for obstruction of justice, which resulted in the termination of the company’s activities, due t...

The Profession of IT, Great Principles of Computing