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. 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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
4. 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.
5. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.
6. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
7. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.
8. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
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. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
1. 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.
2. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
3. 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.
4. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
5. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
6. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
7. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
8. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
9. 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.
10. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
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. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
6. 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.
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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
9. Ensure that software engineers know the employer's policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and information that is confidential to the employer or confidential to others.
10. 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.
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. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of 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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
6. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
7. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
9. 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.
10. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
1. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
2. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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 Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
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. 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. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. 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.
10. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.