TEN COMMANDMENTS OF COMPUTER ETHICS
1 THOU SHALT NOT use a computer to harm other people
2 THOU SHALT NOT interfere with other people's computer work
3 THOU SHALT NOT snoop around in other people's computer files
4 THOU SHALT NOT use a computer to steal
5 THOU SHALT NOT use a computer to bear false witness
6 THOU SHALT NOT copy or use proprietary software for which you
have not paid
7 THOU SHALT NOT use other people's computer resources without
authorization or proper compensation
8 THOU SHALT NOT appropriate other people's intellectual output
9 THOU SHALT think about the social concequencies of the programs
you are writing or the systems you are designing
10 THOU SHALT always use a computer in ways that insure
consideration and respect for your fellow humans
Computer Ethics Institute, Washington DC