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. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
3. 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.
4. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
5. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
9. 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.
10. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
1. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
2. Ensure that they are qualified for any project on which they work or propose to work by an appropriate combination of education and training, and experience.
3. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
4. 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.
5. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
6. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
7. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.
8. 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.
9. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
10. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
1. 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.
2. 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.
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. 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.
5. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
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. 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.
8. 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.
9. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
1. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
2. 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.
3. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
7. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
8. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
10. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
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. 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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
8. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. 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.