Using the new ACM code of ethics in decision making

Using the new ACM code of ethics in decision making By Ronald E. Anderson Deborah G. Johnson Donald Gotterbarn Judith Perrolle

Summary Professional associations have viewed codes of ethics as mechanisms to establish their status as a profession or as a means to regulate their membership and thereby convince the public that they deserve to be self-regulating A code of ethics holds the profession accountable to the public. Code of Professional Conduct, was adopted in 1972 then the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, was adopted in 1992 and takes a new direction Cases/Scenarios- illustrate the broad range of issues a computer scientist may encounter in professional practice. While the ACM Code does not precisely prescribe what an individual must do in the situations described, it does identify some decisions as unacceptable.

List of specific computer ethics aspects Goes through all the code ethics and explains them in different cases presented in the paper

Opinion The paper in a whole was filled with good information gives a nice background of the ACM Code of Ethics and explains the reasoning behind the code and why it’s being used It gave cases/scenarios that deal with the Code of Ethics which gave a better understanding of the code

Questions What is the point of a code of ethics How do professionals view this code of ethics What do the cases in the paper show

Using the new ACM code of ethics in decision making