The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics were created in 1992 by the Washington, D.C. based Computer Ethics Institute.[1] The commandments were introduced in the paper "In Pursuit of a 'Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics" by Ramon C. Barquin as a means to create "a set of standards to guide and instruct people in the ethical use of computers."[2] They follow the Internet Advisory Board's memo on ethics from 1987.[3] The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics copies the archaic style of the Ten Commandments from the King James Bible.
The commandments have been widely quoted in computer ethics literature[4] but also have been criticized by both the hacker community[5] and some in academia. For instance, Dr. Ben Fairweather of the "Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility" has described them as "simplistic" and overly restrictive.[6]
ISC2, one of the thought leaders in the information security industry, has referred to the commandments in developing its own ethics rules.[7]
^Leopold, Todd (April 9, 2013). "That Twitter account might not be who you think". CNN. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
^Barquin, Ramon C. (May 7, 1992). "In pursuit of 'Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics". Computer Ethics Institute. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
^O'Reilly, Dennis (October 12, 2010). "The Internet and the death of ethics". CNET. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
^Kathy Fitzpatrick, Carolyn Bronstein (2006). Ethics in Public Relations: Responsible Advocacy. Sage Publications. p. 116. ISBN 1-4129-1798-0.
^Computer Ethics – Lecture 10
^CCSR:Commentary on the 'Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics' Archived 2012-07-22 at archive.today
^Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK. CRC Press. November 14, 2006. ISBN 9780849382314.
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