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From: collberg@dna.lth.se (Christian S. Collberg)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Rules of ethics for CS majors?
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Date: 14 Jan 90 12:40:08 GMT
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Reply-To: collberg@DNA.LTH.Se (Christian S. Collberg)
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I'd be interested in hearing about how different schools have
handled the teaching of ethics for Computer Science Majors. With "ethics"
I mean specific common-sense rules that guide our day-to-day contact
with computers ("Thou shalt not steal files from your fellow student's 
account","Thou shalt not create viruses", ...) as well as more general
principles that affect computer scientists in the work-place (ought one to be
involved in defence-related work, which sort of programs violate the
individual's rights and should one refuse to write, ...).

I know Mary Shaw and some other people wrote a set of ethics rules for
CMU students after the "worm" incident. I believe it was published
in CACM, although I have lost the reference. Does anyone out there
have access to similar sets of rules that they'd be willing to share?

Chris Collberg
collberg@dna.lth.se