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> 
> Two questions for the list:
>  
> 1. Do you guys think there is any value to employers if testing candidates 
> are required to adhere to a "code of ethics"? Would it help deal with the 
> misperception that Open Source is not well structured? Or is it just so much 
> fluff?

In my experience, a code of ethics means nothing if there is no way to
enforce it.  Do these other groups enforce theirs?  Is there a (legally
safe) way to (for example) revoke someone's cert if they violate it?

In my mind, without the enforcement, a code of ethics is just marketing
fluff.  That doesn't mean it's useless - marketing is important - it just
means that it serves a different purpose.

> 
> 2. If there were to be a "BSD Administrator's Code of Ethics", what should be 
> in it?
> 
> Here are some other organization's codes of ethics to get us started:
> 
> CISSP:  https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?category=12
> 
> SAGE:   http://www.sage.org/ethics.mm
> 
> ACM:    http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html
> 
> IEEE:   
> http://www.ieee.org/portal/site/mainsite/menuitem.818c0c39e85ef176fb2275875bac26c8/index.jsp?&pName=corp_level1&path=about/whatis&file=code.xml&xsl=generic.xsl;jsessionid=DpgDH6m8VnJX1JpL85DpZNpm3cMklCvtGJW32vJfx2RvkhFwp3v1!-1349364154
> 
> And a general guide to writing a code of ethics:
> 
> http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes/
> 
> Dru
> 
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