The Hippocratic Oath is from the medical profession. In that profession, it is often necessary to damage a human being (make incisions, remove parts, chemo, etc.) in order to help them in the long term. Because damaging a person is inherent in the craft and we are dealing with human life, it is necessary to acknowledge and promise that the any damage is for the long term goal of healing.
In general, this same kind of consideration does not apply to engineering disciplines. For the most part, we are tasked with manipulating non-sentient elements like electrons or metal. Most of what you are talking about as negative are business goals that many of us do not have any decision about. If anyone should have to take such an oath it would be the business executives and government officials.
The only place which such an oath might apply is to our personal responsibility for what we create. But everyone's personal values are different. And at the end of the day, if you are not okay with what your business has tasked you to do, then quit. (Realizing that not everyone has a choice to quit, but people who might be tempted to take such an oath do have the choice.)
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The Hippocratic Oath is from the medical profession. In that profession, it is often necessary to damage a human being (make incisions, remove parts, chemo, etc.) in order to help them in the long term. Because damaging a person is inherent in the craft and we are dealing with human life, it is necessary to acknowledge and promise that the any damage is for the long term goal of healing.
In general, this same kind of consideration does not apply to engineering disciplines. For the most part, we are tasked with manipulating non-sentient elements like electrons or metal. Most of what you are talking about as negative are business goals that many of us do not have any decision about. If anyone should have to take such an oath it would be the business executives and government officials.
The only place which such an oath might apply is to our personal responsibility for what we create. But everyone's personal values are different. And at the end of the day, if you are not okay with what your business has tasked you to do, then quit. (Realizing that not everyone has a choice to quit, but people who might be tempted to take such an oath do have the choice.)