1. 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.

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

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. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

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

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

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

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

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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

2. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

3. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they 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. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

9. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

10. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

6. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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