How the New Software Engineering Code of Ethics Affects You

  • Authors:
  • Don Gotterbarn

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Software
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

The Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice has recently been approved. This article looks at the immediate and long-term implications: Why does a profession need a code of ethics? How will this code function in an emerging profession like software engineering? What impact will it have on software practitioners?