1. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Strive for high quality, acceptable cost and a reasonable schedule, ensuring significant tradeoffs are clear to and accepted by the employer and the client, and are available for consideration by the user and the public.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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