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| Subject: | Re: GISList: Code of Ethics ? |
| Date: |
08/27/2002 04:39:20 PM |
| From: |
viktoras d |
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Interesting...
but indeed:
1)who decides who is a professional and who is not?
2) this
"Call attention to unprofessional work of others. First take your concerns
to that person: if satisfaction is not gained, subsequent contacts might
include their employer, their client, their professional organization, and
the local press."
actualy is totaly un-ethical. Everybody makes mistakes. Probably this is
supposed to be a method of "dealing" with competitors...
3) too many trivial "truths" (e.g. be truthfull, work smoothly...)
4)reminds me a soviet "pioner" ethics code :-)
5)who decides what is "good" and what is "bad" ?
My concern would be- who (and why) needs that kind of code ? Are we
(everybody working with GIS) realy so "bad guys" that somebody decided to
force us (how ?) to behave ethicaly ? Or will it provide a chance to make
money for evidently non-GIS persons just from argues and conflicts among GIS
professionals ?
Addoption of this code can not do anything useful for the industry.
If a person decides not to obey certain points of this code, will there be
any institution which can force her/him to obey the code ?.. If so, let's
discuss the democracy issues... Otherwise there is no sense to have such a
code. Everybody has a conscience... Everybody knows 10 laws of the God and
I can not see a good reason for having some more as even these 10 are
already too tough for the most of us :)
this was just my opinion :)
cheers
Viktoras
>From: "Anthony Quartararo" <ajq3@spatialnetworks.com>
>Reply-To: <ajq3@spatialnetworks.com>
>To: <gislist@geocomm.com>
>Subject: GISList: Code of Ethics ? Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:11:04 -0400
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>I have not seen much on this list regarding the proposed URISA Code of
>Ethics for GIS Professionals. I have provided the link for those
>interested.
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>http://www.urisa.org/ethics/code_of_ethics.htm
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>I started to post some comments on the URISA guestbook, but they became
>too numerous and generated more questions in my mind than answers. So,
>I thought to toss it out for general consumption.
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>Would this code, if adopted, apply to Corporations as it would to
>individual GIS Professionals?
>As it's stated intent, this "Code" was tied to the URISA GIS
>Certification initiative, but that now seems to be a divorced issue.
>So, then, is this Code intended to cross all cultural, political and
>geographic boundaries?
>Will adoption of this Code do anything for the Industry?
>If we are at a time in GIS that we need to adopt a Code of Ethics,
>doesn't that point to much more serious underlying industry issues ? Is
>a Code going to fix those issues?
>Is this Code really practical? Are we then going to have to establish
>an Ethics Board to review "sanctions" against professionals?
>Promoting this Code implies that the Certification of GIS people into
>Professionals of one grade or another is a foregone conclusion. Will
>this Code apply to only those "certified" by URISA or whoever, or is it
>a mutually exclusive issue ?
>
>Before you pound me, I am not against a Code of Ethics, but as written,
>this one causes me some serious concerns, both from a philosophical and
>a realistic perspective.
>
>Regards,
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>Anthony
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