GENERAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES :

Contribute to society and to human well-being, acknowledging that all people are stakeholders in computing

1. Avoid harm In this document, “harm” means negative consequences, especially when those consequences are significant and unjust Examples of harm include unjustified physical or mental injury, unjustified destruction or disclosure of information,and unjustified damage to property, reputation, and the environment. This list is not exhaustive

2. Be honest and trustworthy Honesty is an essential component of trustworthiness. A computing professional should be transparent and provide full disclosure of all pertinent system capabilities,limitations, and potential problems to the appropriate parties. Making deliberately false or misleading claims fabricating or falsifying data, offering or accepting bribes, and other dishonest conduct are violations of the Code

Ethics in Tech

• Project Dragonfly, Google’s censored search engine The existence of the censored search tool — dubbed Dragonfly — was revealed earlier this month by the Intercept, sparking outcry within the company’s ranks and drawing harsh criticism from human rights groups across the world. Internal documents leaked to journalists described how the app-based search platform could block internet users in China from seeing web pages that discuss human rights, peaceful protests, democracy and other topics blacklisted by China’s authoritarian government

• Ethical dilemma of self driving cars No one believes accidents will be eliminated entirely, which brings up an ethical dilemma: Who should the car harm if it finds itself in one of those unavoidable situations? Do children, elderly people or other factors change the equation?

debate over how they should behave in situations they can’t anticipate is sharpening