1. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

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

3. 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.

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

6. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.

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

8. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

10. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.

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

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

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. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

1. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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