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

2. 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.

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

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

5. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.

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. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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. 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. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.

2. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

3. 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.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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.