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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. Software engineers are those who contribute by direct participation or by teaching, to the analysis, specification, design, development, certification, maintenance and testing of software systems.

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

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. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

2. 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.

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 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.

5. 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.

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

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

8. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial and respected profession.

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. Because of their roles in developing software systems, software engineers have significant opportunities to do good or cause harm, to enable others to do good or cause harm, or to influence others to do good or cause harm.

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

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

3. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

4. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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.