You're a first-year CS student working on your first group programming assignment. Your team of 3 students is building a simple website that lets students rate their professors. As you work on the project, you face some decisions that make you wonder: "What's the right thing to do as a programmer?"
Your Project:

Students can create accounts and rate professors
Comments and ratings are visible to other students
You're learning basic web development and databases
The project will be graded and possibly shown to other classes Your teammate says: "We're just beginner s. Professional ethics rules don't apply to us yet." Why is this wrong?

Question

You're a first-year CS student working on your first group programming assignment. Your team of 3 students is building a simple website that lets students rate their professors. As you work on the project, you face some decisions that make you wonder: "What's the right thing to do as a programmer?" 
 Your Project: 
 
 Students can create accounts and rate professors 
 Comments and ratings are visible to other students 
 You're learning basic web development and databases 
 The project will be graded and possibly shown to other classes Your teammate says: "We're just beginner s. Professional ethics rules don't apply to us yet." Why is this wrong?

Answer

Ethics are too complicated for beginners to understand

Answer

Professional ethics only matter after you get a job

Answer

Learning good ethical habits now prepares you for your future career

Answer

Students can't cause real harm with their projects

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