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Re:Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors by obenn on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:53PM (#19733808)
The Candian Association For IT Professionals (cips.ca) administers the only nationally recognized IT designation, called the I.S.P (think of it like a P.Eng for computer scientists).

Their goal is to make this a requirement for the handling of certain types of sensitive data, as one needs to swear by a code of ethics in order to become a bearer.

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Re:Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors by mr_toad on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @09:06PM (#19734652)
A lot of sensitive data processing isn’t done by engineers or developers, it’s done by data scientists, statisticians and economists. How do they plan to handle that?
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Re:Tech Needs More Conscientious Objectors by disgruntledphd2 on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @06:27AM (#19737044)
Statisticians and social scientists already have ethical codes and are trained in research ethics throughout their academic careers.

Speaking as a social scientist, i was shocked at how little of this made it into industry.

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