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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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. Not unfairly intervene in the career of any colleague; however, concern for the employer, the client or public interest may compel software engineers, in good faith, to question the competence of a colleague.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project 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. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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:Provide service in their areas of competence, being honest and forthright about any limitations of their experience and education.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

4. Report significant violations of this Code to appropriate authorities when it is clear that consultation with people involved in these significant violations is impossible, counter-productive or dangerous.

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

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

8. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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