1. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

2. Assist colleagues in being fully aware of current standard work practices including policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and other confidential information, and security measures in general.

3. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

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

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

6. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

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

8. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.

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

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

3. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

8. Work to follow professional standards, when available, that are most appropriate for the task at hand, departing from these only when ethically or technically justified.

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

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