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Re:Just Say No by dsacco on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:54PM (#14221578)
A professional code of ethics with no weight behind it is about as effective as a code of ethics I upload on a random blog tomorrow. That's what ACM's might as well be, since it's not even universally known by professionals, let alone adhered to.
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Re:Just Say No by artifaxx on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:26PM (#14229561)
Depends on where you are, in some US states you can get licensed to call yourself a software engineer. This holds you legally liable to the code of ethics. It often influences court cases involving companies too: http://ethics.acm.org/code-of-ethics/using-the-code/
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Re:Just Say No by coupdejarnac on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:32PM (#14223226)
If you're a licensed engineer and you break ethics rules, be prepared to pay fines.
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Re:Just Say No by dsacco on Friday April 28, 2017 @05:41PM (#14223295)
That would satisfy "weight." It's conspicuously lacking in the ACM code of ethics (and basically every other code of ethics someone puts online with no industry buy-in).
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