A code of ethics requires quite a bit more certainty and precision. As written, this is rather vague. It sounds like someone could be somehow kicked out of YC just because they're more or less disliked (who makes the decision? how?).
The recommended behaviours are virtues, not values. Adherence to virtue is the principled pursuit of given values (e.g. honesty -> true to facts, integrity -> true to your beliefs and words, independence -> true to your own judgment).
Here are examples of fairly strong codes of ethics relevant to engineers:
The recommended behaviours are virtues, not values. Adherence to virtue is the principled pursuit of given values (e.g. honesty -> true to facts, integrity -> true to your beliefs and words, independence -> true to your own judgment).
Here are examples of fairly strong codes of ethics relevant to engineers:
- IEEE [1]
- ACM [2]
[1] http://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html
[2] http://www.acm.org/about/se-code