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Same here. I was just talking with a friend last night about how software developers should have a creed, like how doctors have the Hippocratic oath. We could p

Same here. I was just talking with a friend last night about how software developers should have a creed, like how doctors have the Hippocratic oath. We could potentially cause far more harm than doctors nowadays.

bthdonohue 10y ago
As part of my computer science program in college, we studied the ACM's Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, which in effect is what you describe. http://www.acm.org/about/se-code http://www.acm.org/about/se-code
- cmrx64 10y ago
  And as an aside, the ACM is currently collecting comments on revisions to their code of conduct. http://ethics.acm.org/code-of-ethics/code-2018/ http://ethics.acm.org/code-of-ethics/code-2018/
mamp 10y ago
Interesting, but note that the Hippocratic Oath doesn't work so well with preventable errors in health care the 3rd leading cause of death in the US https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/03/researchers-medical-errors-now-third-leading-cause-of-death-in-united-states/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/0...