Ethics: Report of the NPSS AdHoc committee on ethical standards

An AdHoc Committee on Ethical Standards was appointed in conformity to item VII-A in the NPSS AdCom Minutes of May 14, 1975. This committee consists of J.R. Roth, NASA Lewis Research Center, Chairman; D.C. Cook, Naval Research Laboratory; G.A. Gerdin, university of Illinois; W.C. Jennings, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; R.E. McCoskey, Harry Diamond Laboratories; and R.F. Shea, at large, members. The findings and recommendations of this committee are summarized in two parts; general recommendations for a new IEEE Code of Ethics, and a second part detailing the defects of the present code. This report represents a consensus of the entire AdHoc Committee. This report has been endorsed by the NPSS AdCom in its meeting on November 20, 1975. It is the intention of the chairman of this committee to submit this report to TAB, CSIT, and the IEEE board of directors for action. If action is not forthcoming, these recommendations may be aired in the CSIT Newsletter and/or in the letters column of the IEEE Spectrum and may form the basis for future unilateral action by the NPSS.