1. 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.

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

3. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.

4. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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

1. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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

3. 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.

4. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

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. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.

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

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

9. 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.

10. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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