430 King Street West, Suite 205
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5V 1L5

Founded: 1958
Members: 6,000

Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct

Foreword

The field of information processing has a large impact on society. In turn society has the right to demand that practitioners in this field act in a manner which recognizes their responsibilities toward society, to demand that the practitioners are of the highest caliber, and to demand that a mechanism exist to protect society from those practitioners who do not, or can not, live up to these responsibilities. The standards contained in this document, and our agreement to adhere to these standards, is the response of the Canadian Information Processing Society to these rightful demands.

Introduction

This document describes the code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct of the members of the...