1. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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