Donald William Gotterbarn is a computer ethics researcher. Gotterbarn received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1971 from the University of Rochester.[1] He also earned his M. Div. from the Colgate Rochester Divinity School.[1]
Gotterbarn is an author of the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice which promotes ethics among software engineers.[2] He is the chair of the Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Professional Ethics.[3]
Gotterbarn is a Professor Emeritus at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN.[2]