On 2009 Mar 12, at 14:33, Jason Foutz wrote:
I think you're mixing technical competence and ethics. Every certification I'm aware of is a measure of technical knowledge. I know doctors are expected to follow a code of ethics. I don't believe they're formally tested for comprehensive knowledge of the ethics code.
Ethics is covered in medical school; the degree should indicate knowledge of the ethics code. Of course, knowledge doesn't necessarily imply commitment to it.
One thing to keep in mind about professional organizations is that they're also about self-protection; if you are accused of an ethics violation you have some recourse. The flip side of which is that they should also be self-policing: I've found myself wondering if our advertising a Code of Ethics has any legal implications in that regard.
-- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] [email protected] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [email protected] electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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