1. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

7. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

3. 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.

4. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their 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. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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