| Our faculty (Masaryk University Faculty of Informatics) definitely has such an oath & everyone has to take it - here in Czech: Section 33 (5): https://is.muni.cz/do/mu/Uredni_deska/Predpisy_MU/Fakulta_in... Machine translated to English (FI MUNI is heavy into NLP anyway ;-) ) it looks like this: a) at the bachelor's degree: “I solemnly promise to dedicate my life to the service of humanity;
I will keep Masaryk University, where I obtained a bachelor's degree, and its teacher
in the memory and respect that belong to them; I will be faithful to my profession and I will be fair and accommodating
to his colleagues; I will develop the projects I participate in to the best of my ability
so as to serve man; I will not tolerate evil, bad practices or bribery; I will not allow that
issues of religion, nationality, race, party politics or social status
my professional decisions; I will not abuse my professional knowledge and skills even under duress. So
I promise to my honor, freely and of my own free will. " b) at the master's degree: “I solemnly promise to dedicate my life to the service of humanity;
I will maintain my love and gratitude for Masaryk University, where I obtained a master's degree;
I will responsibly perform all my professional duties and consider the ethical implications of my
professional activity; I will not allow my activity to be in conflict with the rights of individuals, groups
or organizations to respect their privacy and integrity and will not allow their knowledge to be misused
and the ability to enable their violation; I will not abuse the properties of the processing systems
information or knowledge of them for their personal benefit; I will be in my professional career
to act with awareness of the limits of my professional competence and the field in which I work; I will help
deepening awareness of the nature and possibilities of their discipline in society. So I promise myself
honor, freely and of one's own free will. " c) at the doctoral degree “I solemnly promise to dedicate my life to the service of humanity; I will preserve
love and gratitude to Masaryk University, where I obtained a doctorate; I will
carry out all their professional duties responsibly and consider the ethical implications of their actions in their
profession and scientific field; I will expand and develop knowledge in my discipline; I will
work in this direction to deepen / deepen the awareness of ethical responsibility for the consequences
application and use of procedures and knowledge of informatics in society; I will respect protection
intellectual property rights and to weigh it responsibly in relation to the free flow of the open
scientific knowledge in international public ownership. So I promise to my honor, freely
and of their own free will. " I strive to respect this oath but I'm not sure if all the other absolvents do or even remember taking it. :P |