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

2. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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. 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.

5. 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.

6. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public, or the environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

4. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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. 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. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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