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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by GordonS on Monday August 10, 2020 @12:55PM (#24111357)
Where do you draw the line though? Does everyone employed in any capacity at any kind of business have to take an oath?

It seems to me that if everyone has to promise to do no evil, the meaning of such oaths would become diluted.

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Re:Microsoft President: We Need a Hippocratic Oath for Softw... by mcv on Monday August 10, 2020 @03:40PM (#24113197)
Do all those businesses have a problem with unethical behaviour causing serious problems in society?

Doctors, bankers and apparently software engineers have a pretty big impact on society, and often in ways that aren't very transparent to most other people. It's quite possible there are other professions that have a similar impact, but I'm pretty sure it's not all.

I think registered accountants also have some sort of oath, again because various stakeholders including society as a whole has to be able to trust them.

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