Software Professionals, Malpractice Law, and Codes of Ethics: In pursuit of professional status for computing professionals.
The article examines codes of ethics and malpractice law as they pertain to computer software professionals. The professional ethics of software developers are scrutinized within the classification of computing as a profession under U.S. tort law and the potential legal liability of developers under...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 64; no. 5; pp. 22 - 25 |
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Association for Computing Machinery
May2021
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| Sumario: | The article examines codes of ethics and malpractice law as they pertain to computer software professionals. The professional ethics of software developers are scrutinized within the classification of computing as a profession under U.S. tort law and the potential legal liability of developers under the "customary care" standard is debated. |
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