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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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. 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. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.

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

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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