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

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

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

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. 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.

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. 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.

10. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

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

3. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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. 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.

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

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