1. 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.

2. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

3. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.

4. 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.

5. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

6. 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.

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

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

9. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

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. 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. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

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

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

5. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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