Resolutions and adoptions of the code:
1. Resolution to adopt a code of professional ethics for simulationists
Meeting: of the Board of Directors of the SCS
Thursday, July 24, 2003, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Moved by: Bruce Fairchild, Immediate Past President of the SCS
Seconded by: Ralph Huntsinger, the Historian of the SCS
Status: Unanimously approved by the Board
Effective: As of January 1, 2004
Whereas, The SimSummit, in July 2002, resolved that a code of professional ethics should be adopted for the simulation profession; and
Whereas, a Code of Professional Ethics for Simulationists was presented at the 2002 Summer Simulation Conference and published in its Proceedings; and
Whereas, the Code of Professional Ethics is publicly available on the web at http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/SCS_Ethics/ethics.htm ; and
Whereas, the rationale for the Code of Professional Ethics has been well thought out, published in the Proceedings of the 2002 Summer Simulation Conference, and is publicly available on the web at http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~oren/pubs/D84_Rationale.pdf ; and
Whereas, a code of professional ethics is a necessary element for the simulation to be widely accepted as a profession; and
Whereas, adherence to a code of ethics allows simulationists to demonstrate acceptance of their responsibilities and accountabilities; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International (SCS) adopts the referenced Code of Ethics forSimulationists, for itself and its Members, effective January 1, 2004; and
Resolved, That Officers and Directors of SCS invite other simulation organizations to similarly adopt the Code of Ethics for Simulationists, also effective January 1, 2004.
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PS. Will Waite, the President of the Aegis Technologies Group, Inc., informed the BOD members that he already informed about 30 organizations.