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

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

3. 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.

4. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.

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

7. 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.

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. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. Principle 2: CLIENT AND EMPLOYERSoftware engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer, consistent with the public interest.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Report significant violations of this Code to appropriate authorities when it is clear that consultation with people involved in these significant violations is impossible, counter-productive or dangerous.

10. Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Full Version)PREAMBLEComputers have a central and growing role in commerce, industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and society at large.

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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. 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.