1. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.

2. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

10. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.

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

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

3. 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.

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. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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

8. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.

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

9. 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.

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