1. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

2. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

3. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.

4. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.

6. However, even in this generality, the Code provides support for software engineers and managers of software engineers who need to take positive action in a specific case by documenting the ethical stance of the profession.

7. Not unfairly intervene in the career of any colleague; however, concern for the employer, the client or public interest may compel software engineers, in good faith, to question the competence of a colleague.

8. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

9. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

10. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

1. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

2. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.

3. Ensure realistic quantitative estimates of cost, scheduling, personnel, quality and outcomes on any project on which they work or propose to work and provide an uncertainty assessment of these estimates.

4. Ensure realistic quantitative estimates of cost, scheduling, personnel, quality and outcomes on any project on which they work or propose to work and provide an uncertainty assessment of these estimates.

5. Ensure that they are qualified for any project on which they work or propose to work by an appropriate combination of education and training, and experience.

6. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.

7. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

8. s humanity, in special care owed to people affected by the work of software engineers, and the unique elements of the practice of software engineering.

9. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.

10. Ensure realistic quantitative estimates of cost, scheduling, personnel, quality and outcomes on any project on which they work or propose to work, and provide an uncertainty assessment of these estimates.

1. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial and respected profession.

2. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

3. Because of their roles in developing software systems, software engineers have significant opportunities to do good or cause harm, to enable others to do good or cause harm, or to influence others to do good or cause harm.

4. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

5. As this Code expresses the consensus of the profession on ethical issues, it is a means to educate both the public and aspiring professionals about the ethical obligations of all software engineers.

6. However, even in this generality, the Code provides support for software engineers and managers of software engineers who need to take positive action in a specific case by documenting the ethical stance of the profession.

7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Strive for high quality, acceptable cost and a reasonable schedule, ensuring significant tradeoffs are clear to and accepted by the employer and the client, and are available for consideration by the user and the public.

10. Software engineers are those who contribute by direct participation or by teaching, to the analysis, specification, design, development, certification, maintenance and testing of software systems.

1. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

2. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.

3. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.

4. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.

6. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.

7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

8. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.

9. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.

10. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

1. Principle 8: SELFSoftware engineers shall participate in lifelong learning regarding the practice of their profession and shall promote an ethical approach to the practice of the profession.

2. Work to follow professional standards, when available, that are most appropriate for the task at hand, departing from these only when ethically or technically justified.

3. As this Code expresses the consensus of the profession on ethical issues, it is a means to educate both the public and aspiring professionals about the ethical obligations of all software engineers.

4. However, even in this generality, the Code provides support for software engineers and managers of software engineers who need to take positive action in a specific case by documenting the ethical stance of the profession.

5. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.

6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.

7. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

8. These situations require the software engineer to use ethical judgment to act in a manner which is most consistent with the spirit of the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, given the circumstances.

9. As this Code expresses the consensus of the profession on ethical issues, it is a means to educate both the public and aspiring professionals about the ethical obligations of all software engineers.

10. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.