Using Codes of Conduct to Resolve Legal Disputes

• Published in: Computer (Long Beach, Calif.) Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 29 - 34
• Main Authors: Aiken, Peter, Stanley, Robert M, Billings, Juanita, Anderson, Luke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.04.2010; IEEE Computer Society; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Code standards; Codes; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Computing profession; Conflict management; Data management; Delay; Disputes; Enterprise resource planning; Exact sciences and technology; Expectations; Information technology; Law; Legal; Legal factors; Professional ethics; Software; Software engineering; Standards and best practices; Standards publication; Testing; Legal aspect; Ethics

In the absence of other published standards of care, it is reasonable for contractual parties to rely on an applicable, widely available code of conduct to guide expectations. The authors illustrate the current application of CoCs with a fictional enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementa...