Professional Ethics and Digital Forensics: An Interdisciplinary Conference; Spring, 2015; University of Alabama at Birmingham

随着数字证据在刑事和民事诉讼中变得越来越重要，以及对个人隐私和公共和私营部门实体共享数字信息的担忧增加，显然需要制定一套职业道德守则，以规范数字取证从业人员的活动。为此，国际刑事法院将组织一次会议，让与会者有机会熟悉与数字取证实践有关的伦理问题，并开始为数字取证从业人员制定类似于法律、研究和医疗组织创建的总体、基于共识的职业道德守则的进程。将讨论的主题包括数字法医调查、社会科学和行为科学、法理学以及教育和意识。除了制定制定、实施和执行道德守则的计划外，还将公布会议记录，从而向该领域的学者和从业人员提供，而媒体对这一事件的报道将向关注数字取证及其实践中的道德问题的知情公民提供信息。

As digital evidence becomes increasingly important in criminal and civil litigation, and as concerns about personal privacy and the sharing of digital information by both public and private sector entities increase, a clear need is emerging to create a code of professional ethics that would govern the activities of digital forensics practitioners. To this end, the PI will organize a conference that will provide an opportunity for attendees to familiarize themselves with ethical issues relating to the practice of digital forensics and to begin the process of developing an overarching, consensus-based, code of professional ethics for digital forensics practitioners similar to what the legal, research and medical organizations have created. Subjects to be addressed include Digital Forensic Investigations, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Jurisprudence, and Education and Awareness. In addition to resulting in a plan for designing, implementing, and enforcing a code of ethics, the proceedings of the conference would be published and thus made available to scholars and practitioners in the field, while media coverage of the event will provide information to informed citizens concerned about ethical issues in digital forensics and its practice.