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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

3. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

2. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

3. Ensure that clients, employers, and supervisors know of the software engineer's commitment to this Code of ethics, and the subsequent ramifications of such commitment.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

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

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