1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Strive for high quality, acceptable cost and a reasonable schedule, ensuring significant tradeoffs are clear to and accepted by the employer and the client, and are available for consideration by the user and the public.

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

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

4. 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.

5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of 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. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

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

2. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

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

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. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Strive for high quality, acceptable cost and a reasonable schedule, ensuring significant tradeoffs are clear to and accepted by the employer and the client, and are available for consideration by the user and the public.

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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