Code of Ethics
I don't believe that the Qatar Code of Ethics is a code of ethics. I believe that it is a list of rules and should be treated that way. When you break a rule you get punished, with a code of ethics it is an 'on your honor' system. There is nothing enforceable about a code of ethics and no way, in court to present it as such. The first two statements are mostly for virus protection of the system. The third is the campus protecting itself from getting in trouble by the software companies. The fourth and fifth statements are 'do unto others' comments. There is no way to strictly enforce any of these terms and there is no way to hold them up in court as legitimate rules if you were to try and get somebody expelled or suspended based on them. I think they need to be written differently, stated in more of a rule-consequence manner. I also think that everyone on the system should have to read and sign a copy saying that they will follow the rules and they understand what will happen if they do not.


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