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

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

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. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

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

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