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