THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF

COMPUTER ETHICS

1. THOU SHALT NOT USE A COMPUTER TO HARM OTHER PEOPLE.

2. THOU SHALT NOT INTERFERE WITH OTHER PEOPLE
'S COMPUTER WORK. 

















3. THOU SHALT NOT SNOOP AROUND IN OTHER PEOPLE'S COMPUTER FILES.

4. THOU SHALT NOT USE A COMPUTER TO STEAL.

5. THOU SHALT NOT USE A COMPUTER TO BEAR FALSE WITNESS.

6. THOU SHALT NOT COPY OR USE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE FOR WHICH YOU HAVE NOT PAID.

7. THOU SHALT NOT USE OTHER PEOPLE'S COMPUTER RESOURCES WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION OR PROPER COMPENSATION.

8. THOU SHALT NOT APPROPRIATE
 OTHER PEOPLE'S INTELLECTUAL OUTPUT.

9. THOU SHALT THINK ABOUT THE SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
 OF THE PROGRAM YOU ARE

WRITING OR THE SYSTEM YOU ARE DESIGNING.

10. THOU SHALT ALWAYS USE A COMPUTER IN WAYS THAT INSURE CONSIDERATION AND RESPECT FOR YOUR FELLOW HUMANS.