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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

10. Principle 2: CLIENT AND EMPLOYERSoftware engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer, consistent with the public interest.

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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