1. 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.

2. 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.

3. In particular, software engineers shall continually endeavor to:Further their knowledge of developments in the analysis, specification, design, development, maintenance and testing of software and related documents, together with the management of the development process.

4. 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.

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

6. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

7. Ensure that clients, employers, and supervisors know of the software engineer's commitment to this Code of ethics, and the subsequent ramifications of such commitment.

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

9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Provide service in their areas of competence, being honest and forthright about any limitations of their experience and education.

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

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

2. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

3. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

4. 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.

5. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.

6. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

7. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. In particular, those managing or leading software engineers shall, as appropriate:Ensure good management for any project on which they work, including effective procedures for promotion of quality and reduction of risk.

1. Principle 2: CLIENT AND EMPLOYERSoftware engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer, consistent with the public interest.

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

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

4. 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.

5. The Code contains eight Principles related to the behavior of and decisions made by professional software engineers, including practitioners, educators, managers, supervisors and policy makers, as well as trainees and students of the profession.

6. Ensure that software engineers know the employer's policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and information that is confidential to the employer or confidential to others.

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

8. 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.

9. In particular, software engineers shall continually endeavor to:Further their knowledge of developments in the analysis, specification, design, development, maintenance and testing of software and related documents, together with the management of the development process.

10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.

1. 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.

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

3. The Code contains eight Principles related to the behavior of and decisions made by professional software engineers, including practitioners, educators, managers, supervisors and policy makers, as well as trainees and students of the profession.

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

5. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.

6. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.

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

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

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

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

1. Promote no interest adverse to their employer or client, unless a higher ethical concern is being compromised; in that case, inform the employer or another appropriate authority of the ethical concern.

2. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. Promote no interest adverse to their employer or client, unless a higher ethical concern is being compromised; in that case, inform the employer or another appropriate authority of the ethical concern.

9. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.

10. 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.