1. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
7. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.
8. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
9. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
10. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.
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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
3. 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.
4. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
5. 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.
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. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
8. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
2. 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.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
5. 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.
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. 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. 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.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
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. 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.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. 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.
4. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
5. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
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. 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.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
10. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
1. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
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. 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.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
9. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
10. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.