Computer User Ethics:The 10 Commandments

[BellisimaJ.]

The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics/Use

Created by the Computer Ethics Institute
If Duplicated, Please Cite the Computer Ethics Institute

1. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Harm Other People.
2. Thou Shalt Not Interfere With Other People’s Computer Work.
3. Thou Shalt Not Snoop Around In Other People’s Computer Files.
4. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Steal.
5. Thou Shalt Not Use A Computer To Bear False Witness.
6. Thou Shalt Not Copy Or Use Proprietary Software For Which You have Not Paid.
7. Thou Shalt Not Use Other People’s Computer Resources Without Authorization Or Proper Compensation.
8. Thou Shalt Not Appropriate Other People’s Intellectual Output.
9. Thou Shalt Think About The Social Consequences Of The Program You Are Writing Or The System You Are Designing.
10. Thou Shalt Always Use A Computer In Ways That Insure Consideration And Respect For Your Fellow Humans.

http://www.brook.edu/its/cei/overview/Te...Ethics.htm

The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics were first presented in Dr. Ramon C. Barquin's paper, "In Pursuit of a 'Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics."

http://www.brook.edu/its/cei/papers/Barq...t_1992.htm
 


Edited to correct html.

[regic]

There are 11 commandments. 

11.  Thou Shall Not Steal my Bandwidth by Hotlinking to my Graphics because I WILL switch the graphics (if you're someone I consider to be a total boinktard) .

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=regic link=topic=6237.msg35667#msg35667 date=1165611679]
There are 11 commandments. 

11.  Thou Shall Not Steal my Bandwidth by Hotlinking to my Graphics because I WILL switch the graphics (if you're someone I consider to be a total boinktard) .
[/quote]




Glad I never hotlink.