Every field of human endeavour eventually adopts its own code of #ethics, as it matures. In established, regulated, licensed professions like medicine, law, and engineering, ethical violations are subject to sanctions, up to permanent revocation of the violator's license in extreme cases.
There is no code of ethics in #IT. Nor does it have a #philosophy of any kind.
Many tech companies try to project an appearance of ethical conduct—like Google's famous "Do no evil" ethos, which is quite the opposite of their actual business practices.
Erudite, conscientious practitioners of any field must assume the responsibility to self-govern, for they are the most qualified to draft their field's ethical code. But in IT, the practitioners seem to be of the mind that they would just keep acting unprofessionally, until the government regulators to step in.
In the #BigData and #AI age, this utter lack of philosophical ideals and ethical self-restraint is harmful to society, and it is injurious to the reputation of both the field and its practitioners. The only winners here are the billionaire techbros.
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