[BSDCert] code of ethics

Luís Bruno lbruno at republico.estv.ipv.pt
Wed Sep 7 18:28:12 EDT 2005


Hello everyone,

I'm just a random computing engineering student throwing his €0,02 into 
the fray.

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> It is not obvious that an ethical component belongs (or doesn't belong) 
> in a BSD practitioner certification.

Personally, I'd let ethics be a field-wide concern. As in, someone 
calling himself a software engineer or system administrator should abide 
by a certain code of ethics.

> And while many ethical codes can be tied to religion, most
> professionally-based codes of this kind are not.

I'm still trying to grasp where religion came in.

> If the primary purpose of the certification is to serve the public 
> interest (including those who contract or hire certified people), then 
> an ethical code is completely appropriate and desirable (though its 
> composition will inevitably be controversial).

I was under the impression that this certification would ease my future 
hiring process.

Cheers,
-- 
Luís Bruno
"X" is the windowing system from Hell,
"Y" do we use it?  The rest suck as well!
  -- Ben (void)



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