I think we need to go well beyond a Hippocratic oath. Most Software Engineering Degrees require an ethics course. Yet - we still have the issues we have today.

I think we need to go well beyond a Hippocratic oath. Most Software Engineering Degrees require an ethics course. Yet - we still have the issues we have today. Asking for good intentions isn't going to change outcomes, because Software Engineers already have good intentions. Nothing will change. How about Software Engineering Licensure? You have been found to contribute glaring security issues in widespread code? Lose your license and employment. Use dark patterns to defraud people? Lose your license and employment. Leave "debugging" endpoints open or collect unminimized telemetry? Lose your license and employment. This seems stronger, and much more likely that outcomes will change. But good luck getting the industry to move.