1. 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.

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

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

5. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

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. 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. Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Full Version)PREAMBLEComputers have a central and growing role in commerce, industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and society at large.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

9. 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.

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Full Version)PREAMBLEComputers have a central and growing role in commerce, industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and society at large.

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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.