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Bentham, J 2010, Origins of classical utilitarianism,
online video, viewed 21 January 2022, <https://youtu.be/U0iS4Ax3LXc>.
Russell, B n.d., A history of the Western world,
audiobook, accessed 24 January 2022, Simon & Schuster, n.p.p.,
Book 3 Chapter 20 Kant

Brinkman, WJ & Sanders, AF 2013, Ethics in a computing culture,
Cengage Learning Boston, MA.
Chapter – Critical reasoning and moral theory
Russell, B n.d., A history of the Western world,
audiobook, accessed 24 January 2022, Simon & Schuster, n.p.p.,
Book 1 Chapter 20 Aristotle's ethics

Australian Computer Society 2014, ACS code of professional conduct,
viewed 24 January 2022, <https://www.acs.org.au/content/dam/acs/rules-and-regulations/Code-of-Professional-Conduct_v2.1.pdf>.

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Xu, ZC, Hu, Q & Zhang, CH 2013, ‘Why computer talents become hackers’,
Communications of the ACM, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 64-74, viewed 24 January 2022, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete.

Frum, L 2013, Nearly half of all video-gamers are women,
CNN Business, viewed 21 January 2022, <https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/08/tech/gaming-gadgets/female-gamers/index.html>.
Wadhwa, V 2013, It’s time for tech companies to fix the gender imbalance,
WRAL TechWire, viewed 21 January 2022, <https://wraltechwire.com/2013/10/21/vivek-wadhwa-its-time-for-tech-companies-to-fix-the-gender-imbalance/>.

Thompson, C 2005, 'What is an IT professional?',
ITNOW, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 8-9, viewed 21 January 2022, Computers & Applied Sciences Complete.
Project Management Institute, n.d., PMI code of ethics and professional conduct,
Project Management Institute, viewed 21 January 2022, <https://www.pmi.org/codeofethics>.

Goleman, D 2013, What makes a leader: why emotional intelligence matters,
eBook, viewed 2 February 2022, EBSCO eBooks. (Chapter: What makes a leader?, pp. 3-6)
Kotter, JP & Schlesinger, LA 2008, 'Choosing strategies for change',
Harvard Business Review, vol. 86, no. 7/8, pp. 130-139, viewed 21 January 2022, Business Source Complete.
Kotter, JP 2013, Management is (still) not leadership,
Harvard Business Review, 9 January, viewed 21 January 2022, <https://hbr.org/2013/01/management-is-still-not-leadership>.

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