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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by nullc on Sunday November 20, 2016 @05:49PM (#13001742)
ACM could be satan incarnate and still give useful advice on professional ethics for software engineers.

AFAICT no link given in the comments here so far comes anywhere close to the ACM page in terms of providing broad but concrete advice.

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Re:Programmers confess unethical, illegal tasks asked of them by raphman on Monday November 21, 2016 @02:10AM (#13003740)
Indeed. I should have clarified this in my comment instead of just ranting.

The ACM Code of Ethics is important. It was one of the reasons I joined ACM. However, (IMHO) ACM [1] has not necessarily practiced what it preaches in the past.

Given that much of the discussion in this thread is about unions and professional organizations, I wanted to clarify that ACM might not be the best organization to join if you are concerned about ethics.

[1] I'm talking about its administration and committees, not its members. There are quite a few highly ethical and motivated people in the SIGs.

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