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ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide for Positive Action
Communications of The ACM (2017)
  • Don Gotterbarn, East Tennessee State University
  • Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Catherine Flick, De Montfort University
  • Keith W. Miller, University of Missouri–St. Louis
  • Marty J. Wolf, Bemidji State University
Abstract
The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (the Code) is being updated by the Code Update Task Forcea in conjunction with the ACM's Committee on Professional Ethics. The Code was initially written in 1992, and this is the first update since then. In previous articles we detailed the motivations for updating the Code,b gave our responses to feedback on the initial draft, and produced an updated version, which we presented for feedback through the ACM Discourse site, email, and focus groups and workshops at ETHICOMP and SIGCSE. We thank everyone who took part in this public consultation round. Their insights, both positive and negative, were invaluable. We have deliberated extensively on the numerous suggestions for additions, changes, and deletions. Based on those deliberations, we produced Draft 3 of the Code.

Publication Date
December 27, 2017
DOI
10.1145/3173016
Citation Information
Don Gotterbarn, Amy Bruckman, Catherine Flick, Keith W. Miller, et al.. "ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide for Positive Action" Communications of The ACM Vol. 61 Iss. 1 (2017) p. 121 - 128
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/keith-miller/3/