1. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
2. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
3. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.
4. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
7. 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.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.
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 adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
2. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
4. 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.
5. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
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. 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.
8. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
9. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
10. 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.
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. 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.
3. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.
4. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
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. 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.
8. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
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. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
4. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
5. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
6. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
7. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. 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.
10. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
1. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. 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.
4. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
5. 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.
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. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
9. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
10. 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.