<P> The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics were created in 1992 by the Computer Ethics Institute . The commandments were introduced in the paper "In Pursuit of a' Ten Commandments' for Computer Ethics" by Ramon C. Barquin as a means to create "a set of standards to guide and instruct people in the ethical use of computers ." They follow Internet Advisory Board's memo on ethics from 1987 . The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics copies the archaic style of the Ten Commandments from the King James Bible . </P> <P> The commandments have been widely quoted in computer ethics literature but also have been criticized by both the hacker community and some in academia . For instance, Dr. Ben Fairweather of the "Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility" has described them as "simplistic" and overly restrictive . </P>

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