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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

8. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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

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.

1. 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.

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

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

4. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

5. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

6. 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.

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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