Contracts and legal obligations
To finish the chapter, I would like to take up one last topic. Although there is a lot of data available, we must make sure that we do our due diligence and find out which contracts and obligations apply to us.
Licenses are one type of contract, but not the only one. Almost all universities put contracts and obligations on researchers. These may include the need to ask for permission from ethical review boards or the need to make data available for scrutiny from other researchers.
Professional codes of conduct are another type of obligation; for example, the one from ACM (https://www.acm.org/code-of-ethics). These codes of conduct often stem from the Nuremberg Code and require us to ensure that our work is for the good of society.
Finally, when working with commercial organizations, we may need to sign a so-called non-disclosure agreement (NDA). Such agreements are often required to ensure that we do not disclose information without prior permission...
