1770	 Rules of Ethics in Information Processing	 The background and motivation for the adoption by the ACM Council on November of a set of Guidelines for Professional Conduct in Information Processing are described. A brief his tory is given of ethical codes in other professions. Some reasons for and against adoption of ethical rules are considered and several sections of the ACM Guidelines are analyzed. The purpose is to inform about this important aspect of our profession as well as to stimulate thought and interest. ethics professional conduct code of ethics ACM guidelines professionalism professional societies unethical conduct
