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

2. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

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

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

5. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. Be accurate in stating the characteristics of software on which they work, avoiding not only false claims but also claims that might reasonably be supposed to be speculative, vacuous, deceptive, misleading, or doubtful.

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

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. 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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

5. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional 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. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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