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Re:New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue ... by ChrisMarshallNY on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @07:44AM (#35538121)
It would be nice if all schools did this, but I suspect that doing so, would render the oath almost meaningless.
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Re:New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue ... by miah_ on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @08:55AM (#35538879)
Either that, or we wouldn't be living in the ethical and morally absent world we live in today.
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Re:New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue ... by criddell on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:01AM (#35538961)
It's pretty common and the Engineer's I've worked with take it pretty seriously.

https://www.nspe.org/resources/pe-magazine/july-2009/called-....

There's also a code of ethics:

https://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics/code-ethics/engineers-...

Sadly, most software engineers aren't licensed professional engineers.

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Re:New NASA Director Swears Oath on Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue ... by gowld on Wednesday April 12, 2023 @09:29AM (#35539319)
The point is that the oath is for the benefit of the oathtaker, so extra useless oaths don't hurt.
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