Beyond outlaws, hackers and pirates
Rob Kling · ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society · 1996
As I re-read the article, I began to understand his suggestion that there is--at the very least--a real communications gap between: 1) the developers of the ACM Code (who have invested enormous amounts of time and energy in it), 2) the ACM membership department staff(who don't even send new members a copy of the Code, let alone ask them to sign an agreement to comply with it), and 3) whatever Code enforcement procedure there is (which Rob argues is essentially nonexistent).What do you think?What role should SIGCAS play in the future of the Code?What is the future of the Code?How can it--how should it--be enforced?How can the ACM build commitment among its members to abide by its Code of Ethics?Let's start a dialog on this issue (email sigcas@engr, csulb, edu--we 'll publish as many responses as possible).--T.J.