1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

2. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

8. 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.

9. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

6. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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 proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

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

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

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

2. 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.

3. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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