1. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
2. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
3. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.
4. 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.
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. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.
7. 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.
8. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.
9. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
3. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
4. 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.
5. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
6. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
7. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.
8. 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.
9. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
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. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
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. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
1. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
4. 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.
5. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
6. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
7. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
8. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
1. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
2. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
3. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
5. 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.
6. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
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. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.