IT professionals have a strong sense of ethics, according
to a survey of ethics in IT published last week by user
organisation the Institute for the Management of Information
Systems.
Ninety three per cent of the 188 responses from Imis members,
analysed by Simon Rogerson of the Centre for Computing and Social
Responsibility at de Montfort University, agreed that IT employees
should abide by a code of professional ethics. Indeed, 75% said
they would refuse to work on a project they considered to be
unethical.
However, the survey, undertaken every two years, also generated
speculation that younger members have less concern about ethics as
they struggle to get their careers established.
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