Donald William Gotterbarn is a computer ethics researcher.
Gotterbarn received his Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1971 from the University of Rochester.
[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.