Professional Codes of Conduct and Computer Ethics Education* C. Dianne Martin and David H. Martin+ Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science The George Washington University Washington, DC 20052 Abstract Professional Codes of Conduct Advancements in computer technology over the past twenty years have created ethical dilemmas "When considering the issue of ethical...behavior and raised questions, some similar to other in the work setting...a basis for ethical behavior professions and some unique to the computer can be found in the context of business as a social institution. Second, a rationale for ethical field. Therefore we think there is a need to reevaluate the application of ethical principles behavior can be obtained from guijdelines imand establish new guidelines on ethical practices plied in the notion of professionalism (Truath, for the computer science profession. Because of 1982, p.17)." To determine the ethical stanthe questions that have been raised, and in some dards recognized by computer professionals, the instances sensational news accounts of computer ethics codes of three major computer profesirregularities., including fraud, there is a growing sional associations were compared. The codes of perception that self-regulation may be the only ethics shown in Tables 1 -3 are from the Assomeans
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