ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

1. GENERAL ETHICAL PRINCIPLES.

   • Contribute to society and to human well-being, acknowledging that all people are stakeholders in computing.

   • Avoid harm.

   • Be honest and trustworthy.

   • Be fair and take action not to discriminate.

   • Respect the work required to produce new ideas, inventions, creative works, and computing artifacts.

   • Respect privacy.

   • Honor confidentiality.

2. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

   • Strive to achieve high quality in both the processes and products of professional work.
   • Maintain high standards of professional competence, conduct, and ethical practice.
   • Know and respect existing rules pertaining to professional work.
   • Accept and provide appropriate professional review.
   • Perform work only in areas of competence.
   • Foster public awareness and understanding of computing, related technologies, and their consequences.
   • Access computing and communication resources only when authorized or when compelled by the public good.
   • Design and implement systems that are robustly and usably secure.