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RECOGNIZING the responsibility
of the Web profession to the people and
business of our global community believing
that we should encourage and foster high
ethical standards in our profession, we do
hereby adopt the following CODE OF ETHICS
for our constant guidance and inspiration
predicated upon the basic principles of
truth, justice and fair play.
1. To show faith in the
worthiness of our profession by industry,
honesty, and courtesy, in order to merit a
reputation for high quality of service and
fair dealing.
2. To add to the knowledge of
our profession by constant study and to
share the lessons of our experience with
our fellow members.
3. To build an ever increasing
confidence and good will with the public
and our employers by poise, self-restraint
and constructive cooperation.
4. To conduct ourselves in the
most ethical and competent manner when
soliciting professional service or seeking
employment, thus meriting confidence in
our knowledge and integrity.
5. To accept our full share of
responsibility in constructive public
service to community, state, our nation
and the global community.
6. To protect the intellectual
property of others by relying on our own
innovation and efforts, thus ensuring that
all benefits vest with its originator.
7. To strive to attain and to
express a sincerity of character that
shall enrich our human contacts, ever
aiming toward that ideal--"The Practice of
the Golden Rule."
Would you like to take the WWW Pro-Ethics
Pledge sponsored by IWA?
List of Legal
and Ethical WWW resources in IWA's
Webmastering Resource Center.
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