Notes on the ACM Code of Ethics

Leadership & Integrity in the Association for Computing Machinery's
Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

How the Code Was Written - Integrity - Leadership - Read the Code

Newsflash:

November 5, 2026 - The page is now online. It accompanies a brief presentation that examines leadership and integrity in the ACM Code of Ethics.

"The Code is not an algorithm for solving ethical problems;
rather it serves as a basis for ethical decision-making."

-- ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (2018), Preamble


[How the Code Was Written]    [Integrity]    [Leadership]



Cameron Brooks maintains the site.
Quotations taken from the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct are copyright © 2018 Association for Computing Machinery and appear here for reference. The complete text is available at acm.org/code-of-ethics.
The HTML was written by hand in the manner of 1997. The views expressed are my own.

Last update: November 5, 2026