It's the assertion that doctors are more professional /because/ they don't take benefits from the manufacturers - which is false. Further, if a particular piece of technology is complicated enough to require a certification, then I'd sure prefer them to not only be certified on it, but also to choose to use that one over another.
It's the assertion that lawyers are more professional /because/ they don't have conflicts of interest - which is false. The operational definition of "conflict of interest" is different in the law arena in my opinion. It's the assertion that /any/ association with a software or hardware manufacturer /always/ clouds your judgment and makes you an IT unprofessional. I don't agree that an independent board of governance is suitable guarantee of ethics or professionalism. I don't believe that a vendor's certification should be used as a measure of that either. Obviously there's lots more to this topic, but then that's one of the other problems with the short paper on ethics that we're talking about. It is too generalized to provide adequate information. And, yes, there's certainly history in the mailing list archives. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joel Wampler Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:30 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Deckler wrote a book?!? maybe i'm missing something here, but i just read that ethics thing and it looks like this to me if you ask 100 people on the street who is more professional a doctor or it guy, probably everyone would say doctor ergo if it people want to be considered as professional as doctors and get paid similar salaries then we need to create a professional governing body and not have silly things like "microsoft" certification that would be the equivalent of having "pfizer" certification as a doctor, which dont make no sense obviously there are some strong feelings about some past history that i have no idea about but the ethics piece looks like a sound argument to me > Same old bag of gas. "IT consultants are all unprofessional except for me." > > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP > Freelance E-Mail Philosopher > Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
