[fedorareis]

I attended a pretty well known university in California and we had a professional ethics course where we analyzed case studies and current events in tech using the IEEE/ACM code of ethics. A number of states in the US have professional licensing requirements to be considered a Software Engineer so maybe that is a step in the right direction.

I do agree with your pretense though that programmers have a tendency to not think about ethics and should be held to some sort of code in the same way doctors and lawyers are supposed to be.