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

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

3. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

4. 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.

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

4. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

1. Not unfairly intervene in the career of any colleague; however, concern for the employer, the client or public interest may compel software engineers, in good faith, to question the competence of a colleague.

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

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

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. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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