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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by bsenftner on Monday August 10, 2020 @08:48AM (#24108665)
No, we are merely the technical hands of our management's will. AS IF WE HAVE A CHOICE WHAT WE DEVELOP! This is an asinine attempt to blame those not in control. The managers and the owners and the corporate board need to have this Ethics Oath, and it needs to be enforced by law.
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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by austincheney on Monday August 10, 2020 @06:24PM (#24114783)
You have a choice in how it’s developed and so ethics applies. In all fairness doctors don’t choose their patients and legal aide do not choose their clients and yet they are still ethically bound.

All of this fear and crying about management only demonstrates a gross ignorance of what ethics are.

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