1. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

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

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

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

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

9. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

9. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. Ensure that clients, employers, and supervisors know of the software engineer's commitment to this Code of ethics, and the subsequent ramifications of such commitment.

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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