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

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

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

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. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

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

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

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. 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.

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

8. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

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, as appropriate:Provide service in their areas of competence, being honest and forthright about any limitations of their experience and education.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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