1. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

10. 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.

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

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

4. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

5. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

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. 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. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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