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SCS ETHICS


SimEthics - A Code of Professional Ethics for Simulationists

The Code

  • In English
    • The Code and its Rationale were presented at the SCSC 2002 (The Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2002, San Diego, CA) and were published in its Proceedings.  
  • In French
  • In Turkish
    • The Turkish version was prepared by Emeritus Prof. Dr. Tuncer Ören and revised by Prof. Dr. Semih Bilgen (of METU).
  • Translations of the Code in Chinese, Spanish, and Catalan are being prepared. Soon, they will be posted.

Code Adoption

The Code has been adopted by (in order of adoption):

Please inform Prof. Tuncer Ören of the adoption of the Code by your Organization for proper updating of this page.

Background

  • Prof. Tuncer Ören was asked in 2001 by Dr. Bruce Fairchild, the President of the SCS (2000-2002), to develop a code of ethics for simulationists. He was appointed in 2002 by Prof. Bernard P. Zeigler, the President of the SCS (2002-2004), as the AVP for Ethics of the SCS.
       
  • A Code of Professional Ethics for Simulationists was developed by the founding members of the Ethics Committee of the SCS:
  • SimSummit was held during July 18-19, 2002 with the representatives of major Modeling and Simulation institutions. Prof. Tuncer Ören participated as the representative of the McLeod Institute of Simulation Sciences (MISS). One of the resolutions of SimSummit was that a Code of Professional Ethics should be one of the four pillars - along with Science, Technology and Applications- for Modeling and Simulation to be considered as a profession.

Ethics Committee of the SCS

Additional Information / Resources






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scsEthicsCode.pdf52.29 KB
scsEthicsCode-French.pdf112.57 KB
scsEthicsCodeRationale.pdf260.42 KB
scsEthicsCode-Turkish.pdf117.37 KB