In fact, most professional fields whose work impacts the public have an ethical code of conduct. Plumbers, construction workers, and law enforcement all have ethical standards to which a professional in the field must adhere. The IEEE code of ethics has a provision in its code specifically for dealing with the use of related technology: “to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, to strive to comply with ethical design and sustainable development practices, and to disclose promptly factors that might endanger the public or the environment.”7 In the future, it seems almost
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