Importance of Professional Code of

Conducts among the IT professionals.

Definition of 'Code Of Conduct‘

A guide of principles designed to help professionals conduct business honestly and with integrity.

A code of conduct creates a set of rules for specified circumstances that become a standard for all who participate in the group and represent themselves outside of the group. 

The essential elements relating to conduct that identify a professional activity are:

A high standard of skill and knowledge. A confidential relationship with people served. Public reliance upon the standards of conduct and

established practice. The observance of an ethical code.

Therefore, these Codes have been formulated to strengthen the professional status of certified computing professionals.

Code of Conduct and Good Practice for certified computing professionals

Corresponds to basic human needs, it is a human trait that man desires to be ethical not only in his private life but also in his IT Professional affairs where, being a professional, he/she knows their decisions may affect the live of thousands of programmer or software that they build.

 Importance of ethics for IT Professional is used to control the behaviour of professionals

Importance

According to Thea Mcbride(2012), there are five(5) importances of codes of ethics that encourages IT professionals to behave more ethical and responsible in their jobs.

Standard Access

Prevention Skills

Types

1. Standards A code of ethics document sets the standards for what is expected of the IT Professional. It reinforces what is considered right and wrong by using verbiage such as "always" or "never" to be as clear as possible.

2. AccessA code of ethics reminds IT Professionals that they are not to impede or manipulate pre-authorized access to the information of hardware of which they are in control.

3. PreventionA code of ethics helps prevent IT Professionals from behaving in a malicious or harmful manner with company information and equipment.

4. SkillsA code of ethics helps motivate an IT Professional to stay current in her chosen skill set in order to be more effective on the job for his/her employer. A motivated IT Professional may also be encouraged to learn new skill sets as technology changes.

5. TypesCode of ethics documents can be tailored with verbiage that specifically affects only certain types of IT Professional such as programmers, networkers or cyber forensics experts.