Responsible Software Engineering: With Real-World Case Studies from Google

by Daniel J Barrett

Overview

Today's software applications need more than a friendly interface and correct algorithms. They also need to be responsible: to be beneficial for society and not cause harm. In an era of AI chatbots, deep fake images and videos, social media bubbles, expanding privacy regulations, and a rapidly warming planet, it's more important than ever to practice responsible software engineering so your products earn your users' trust and deserve it.

Responsible Software Engineering can help you build better applications that are more ready for real-world situations:

• Treating people more fairly, regardless of their beliefs, culture, skin tone, and other attributes
• Operating more safely, to reduce the risk of physical, psychological, or financial harm
• Better protecting people's privacy, particularly when collecting personal information
• Incorporating wisdom from the social sciences, law, ethics, and other fields that many engineers may be unfamiliar with
• Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), to address the risks of climate change

Join Daniel J. Barrett, a senior manager at Google and long-time software engineer, to dive into these issues and more, including real-world, large-scale case studies. You'll receive expert advice on how to anticipate the effects of your application on the world and its inhabitants, so you can have more confidence that your products "do the right thing."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781098149161
Publisher:	O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/04/2025
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Daniel J. Barrett, Ph.D., has been a software engineer for almost 40 years at startups, medium-sized, and large companies. He is currently a senior manager at Google and worked previously at VistaPrint, Merrill Lynch, D.E. Shaw & Co., and Air Products & Chemicals. In addition to Responsible Software Engineering, Dan has written numerous other O’Reilly books such as Linux Pocket Guide, Efficient Linux at the Command Line, Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide, MediaWiki, Linux Security Cookbook, and SSH, the Secure Shell: The Definitive Guide. Learn more at DanielJBarrett.com.