white hat or black hat? (Score 2)

A recent article (forgot the reference) characterized codc members as a bunch of social juveniles bound by no particular ideals, and lacking in both trust and personal respect for other members as well as the (cr|h)acker communities at-large. The evidence presented in the article however was limited to on-stage behavior and a virus of unknown-but-suspicious origin on a distributed CD. The codc archives paint an equally murky picture, depending on the reader's perspective.

So is there a codc code of ethics? Could such a thing ever be enforced?

Is the hacker code in general just marketing hype? Are the press correct in their refusal to differentiate cr from h?