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

2. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.

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

4. 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.

5. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.

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

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

8. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

2. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

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

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

5. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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. 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.

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

6. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.

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

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

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. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

1. Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Full Version)PREAMBLEComputers have a central and growing role in commerce, industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and society at large.

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

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

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

5. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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