1. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.
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. 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.
4. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
6. 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.
7. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.
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. 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.
10. 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.
1. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
3. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.
4. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
8. 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.
9. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
10. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
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. 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.
4. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
5. 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.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
8. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.
9. 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.
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. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
2. 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.
3. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
5. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
6. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
7. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
8. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
9. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
4. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
5. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
6. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
7. 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.
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. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
10. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.