Ask HN: A discussion on Ethics

Re:Ask HN: A discussion on Ethics by mgraybosch on Friday March 23, 2018 @02:08PM (#16660939)

I ascribe to the ACM Code of Ethics.

https://ethics.acm.org/code-of-ethics/

In practice that means I...

* refuse to work on adtech/corporate social media

* refuse to do work for the military or with military applications

* refuse to do work for law enforcement or work that might prove useful to law enforcement

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Re:Ask HN: A discussion on Ethics by kwhitefoot on Saturday March 24, 2018 @02:52AM (#16665238)

> * refuse to do work for law enforcement or work that might prove useful to law enforcement

Is this meant as a universal refusal or does it apply just to US law enforcement?

My point is that law enforcement is generally regarded as necessary to the proper functioning of society and while some of those involved in it might be bad people the concept itself is not.

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Re:Ask HN: A discussion on Ethics by mgraybosch on Monday March 26, 2018 @12:50PM (#16680303)

Right now, US law enforcement. I haven't gotten recruiter spam offering contracts to code for INTERPOL, for example.

I'll change my mind when driving while black is no longer punishable by summary execution in at least half of the US.

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