1. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

9. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

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. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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. 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.