Computer Ethics - Ethical Standards

Ethical Standards

Various national and international professional societies and organizations have produced code of ethics documents to give basic behavioral guidelines to computing professionals and users. They include:

  • Association for Computing Machinery: ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
  • British Computer Society: BCS Code of Conduct & Code of Good Practice
  • IEEE: IEEE Code of Ethics
  • Computer Ethics Institute: Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics

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    The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards.
    Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)