1. 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.
2. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public, or the environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.
3. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.
4. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.
5. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
6. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
7. 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.
8. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
9. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.
10. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.
1. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
2. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
3. 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.
4. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
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. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
7. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
9. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
10. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
1. 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.
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
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. Not unfairly intervene in the career of any colleague; however, concern for the employer, the client or public interest may compel software engineers, in good faith, to question the competence of a colleague.
8. 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.
9. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.
10. 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.
1. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. 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.
3. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
4. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
5. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
7. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
8. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
9. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
10. 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.
1. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
3. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
4. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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. 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.
8. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
9. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
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.