1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.
4. 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.
5. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
6. 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.
7. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
10. 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.
1. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
2. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
3. 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.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
6. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
7. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
8. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
4. 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.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
6. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
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. 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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
3. 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.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
5. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
10. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
1. 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.
2. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
6. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
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. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
9. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
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.