1. 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.

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

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

5. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

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

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

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. 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.

1. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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

10. 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.

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

9. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. 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.

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. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.

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

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

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. 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.

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.