I have a responsibility as an honest law-abiding citizen to respect the copyright ownership of all of the computing materials that I come across. Since I am not computer-minded, I may need to explore a little deeper or ask for help in order to know what sorts of information is copyrighted and how I can legally use information that I find. The last chapter in The Gift of Fire refers to ethical standards for computing professionals. These standards expect that all computing professionals hold themselves very responsible for legal and appropriate activities with computers. Formally established ethical standards are common among many professional fields and are something that I have had to study in my social work classes.
Ethical standards create a basis for acting out of a set of established boundaries.
This way people could easily act inappropriately by gradually convincing themselves that they really haven't done anything too wrong. When there are ethical standards it is much easier to determine what is right and what is wrong. Along with professional ethical standards, we as Christians have a whole Bible full of standards for Christian living. These support the same concept. Biblical standards provide boundaries which provide structure and stability in our lives.