1. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

9. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public, or the environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.

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

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

2. 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.

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

4. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

5. 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.

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. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.

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

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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