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

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

5. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

2. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

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

5. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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