1. 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.
2. 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.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
4. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.
5. 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.
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. 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.
8. 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.
9. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
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. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
2. 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.
3. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
4. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
5. 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.
6. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
7. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
8. 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.
9. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
5. 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.
6. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
7. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
8. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
9. 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.
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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a 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. 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. 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.
7. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
10. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
1. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
2. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
3. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
4. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
5. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
6. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
7. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
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. 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.