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The Importance Of The BCS Code Of Ethics

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While according to (Rabin, 2013), there was a case in which a robotic surgery resulted into complications where it was found that a surgical robot has damaged a patient's rectum during a surgery. Not only was that that case but also according to (Rabin, 2013) about 174 injuries have been attributed to Da Vinci Surgical system. And with more than a million procedures attributed to the system. But with these incidents like this, one has to wonder whether the producers of these systems follow any codes of conduct. Because according to the BCS codes of conduct for professionals on the principle of professional competence and integrity, professionals should always embark on building devices that will not harm others and by developing this surgical

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