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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.