ACM Code of Ethics Discussion

  1. How common is membership within the ACM? What makes it appealing to join it?
  2. What is the standard practice when it comes to announcing removal of support for systems in use today?
  3. What incentivizes people to follow the ACM’s recommended code of ethics? Are there any penalties for violations?
  4. How do you avoid harm (1.2) if suppose you are making weapons for the military? Or is that not ethical at all?
  5. What’s the role of regulation and certification in ethics? 
  6. Can the ethics code be modified along with the improvement in artificial intelligence?
  7. What happens when a programmer does not follow the ACM code of ethics? What are the punishments for such a person?
  8. Do certain software development companies make workers pledge to the code of ethics when t
  9. How do engineers ensure compliance with the Codes in AI/Machine Learning products that are initially intended to cause no harm, but evolve to be harmful? If risks in these cases are too big a factor, does it hamper the development of AI/Machine Learning?
  10. Do the Codes hold any weight in the legal system? If so, how do we ensure compliance from all stakeholders, especially clients?
  11. What does the process of “professional review at all stages” look like in different software engineering contexts?
  12. What does an analysis of “the consequences of data aggregation and emergent properties of systems” look like?
  13. Do we have to worry about security for our projects? are the servers safe?
  14. How should the acknowledgement discussed that “all people are stakeholders in computing” drive our specific projects?
  15. What is the most common code broken in real life practices? 
  16. How often do you have to give comprehensive and thorough evaluations of computer systems and their impacts, including analysis of possible risks?
  17. If a company does things that are against the ACM code of ethics but there exists no law made for such cases. What will the consequence be? Will the company be punished for breaking the ACM code of ethics?
  18. Which code of ethics should we follow as students of computer science?
  19. Who exactly does the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct apply to?
  20. How big or well-known are the ACM and their coding ethics document in the computing world?
  21. This may be off-topic, but I am curious as to what type of remediation companies can offer users after a data breach? Is there any way to undo the damage that can come from large data breaches like that of equifax (2017)?
  22. What is the difference between data privacy and data confidentiality?
  23. Why is it important for computing professionals to access computing resources only when authorized or when compelled by the public good?
  24. Why should computer practitioners follow this code?
  25. What should I do when my program has to violate the guidelines for some reason?
  26. How to evaluate if a technology is violating the Code of Non-Discrimination?
  27. What constitutes robust security?
  28. Do big tech companies follow the ACM Code of Ethics?
  29. 2.6 says we should only perform work only in areas of competence but if we never work in any area other than what we are good in, how would we acquire the skills to improve as a well-rounded developer?
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