A CASE STUDY: PRACTICAL ETHICAL ASPECTS FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND CHANGE IN COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Abstract The paper describes a positive case of practical application of ethics in the automatic control technology change in Poland. The case has its origin in the Automation Design Office of Elwro, the first Polish manufacturer of computers in late sixties. The severe limitations of the technology transfer in the beginning period of the Design Office forced to solve almost all problems with the local staff and home equipment. The paper discusses some results of such conditions. The paper discusses also some negative aspects of the technology transfer process ethics where the recipient countries are treated as lay labour only.