1. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.

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

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

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. 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.

1. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

2. These Principles should influence software engineers to consider broadly who is affected by their work; to examine if they and their colleagues are treating other human beings with due respect; to consider how the public, if reasonably well informed, would view their decisions; to analyze how the least empowered will be affected by their decisions; and to consider whether their acts would be judged worthy of the ideal professional working as a software engineer.

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

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

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

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

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

8. These Principles should influence software engineers to consider broadly who is affected by their work; to examine if they and their colleagues are treating other human beings with due respect; to consider how the public, if reasonably well informed, would view their decisions; to analyze how the least empowered will be affected by their decisions; and to consider whether their acts would be judged worthy of the ideal professional working as a software engineer.

9. Assist colleagues in being fully aware of current standard work practices including policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and other confidential information, and security measures in general.

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

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

6. Recognize that personal 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. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

9. 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.

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

1. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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. 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.

10. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.