Code of Conduct

Code of Conduct & Ethics

As a profession, Software Developers & Engineers need to build and maintain the good name of the profession:

to attract good and diverse talent
to be a respected profession that clients will trust and value
to help ensure that they make a positive change for the world

The IEEE-CS/ACM (two of the bigger professional associations) co-created a code of ethics. The summary is in the image to the right.

Many other professional groups have created their own versions, e.g., TODO

Recently, the explosion of big data and data science with its potentially large social consequences has necessitated a new look at codes of conduct. E.g.,

https://www.datascienceassn.org/code-of-conduct.html
https://medium.com/@dpatil/a-code-of-ethics-for-data-science-cda27d1fac1

Typical Code of Conduct - Textbook Fig 1.8

IEEE-CS / ACM Code of Ethics (short version)

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