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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

10. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the 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. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with 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. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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