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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

7. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

7. 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.

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

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

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