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PROFESSIONAL CODES OF CONDUCT
When groups of people claim to be professionals, they take on special rights and obligations because of theirs special claims to knowledge, wisdom and respect. Professional codes of conduct are promulgated by associations of professionals, such as the American Medical Association (AMA), the American Bar Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). These professional groups take responsibility for the partial for the partial regulation of regulation of their professions by determining entrance qualifications competence. Codes of ethics are promises by professions to regulate themselves in the general interest of society. For example, avoiding harm to others, honoring property rights (including intellectual property), and respecting privacy are among the General Moral Imperatives of the ACM’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.