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I would certainly agree that this behavior described is unethical.  But as
another writer has suggested, these people are not professionals - they are
criminals.

>From another perspective, I have get heartburn when we use examples such as
these to characterize professional ethics because it tends to cause us to think
of ethical dilemmas in the context of the criminal behavior and not as ethics
relate to our daily lives.  We are all faced with ethical situations on a
regular basis and we need to recognize them.  Examples include software piracy,
breaches of client or employer confidentiality, use of personal information for
purposes other than those to which the individual has consented, and a host of
other situations arising from interpretation of our Code of Ethics.

If we are to be regarded as professionals, we need to pay attention to the small
stuff.

Regards

Bouff


Rick Dondo wrote:

> I think we could all agree that this sort of action would get people drummed
> out of the Society couldn't we?
>
> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33023,00.html
>
> The report appears to come through Reuters and News.com prides itself on
> journalistic integrity, so I am sure the report is worth taking very
> seriously. We may never KNOW whether the events actually took place, but I
> agree that this IS a nightmare scenario.
>
> I am sure that this is not the kind of behaviour we would want to support
> among our members. Is there a consensus on that view?
>
> Rick Dondo