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

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

3. 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.

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

6. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

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

8. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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

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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

9. Principle 2: CLIENT AND EMPLOYERSoftware engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer, consistent with the public interest.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

9. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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