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

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

3. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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