Most professions have defined codes of ethics, and their educational programs have requirements of ethical coursework to get degrees. For some reason it’s not accepted that computer science programs should have ethics programs. With the sheer amount of harm done by tech, this is mind boggling.
It’s time for a discussion on ethics in the web, how we can individually apply ethical thinking in our work, and how to share this with others.
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