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. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

5. Assist colleagues in being fully aware of current standard work practices including policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and other confidential information, and security measures in general.

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

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

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

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

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, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.

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.

1. Recognize that personal 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. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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 is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.

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.