1. 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.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. 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.

2. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

8. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

8. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

9. 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.

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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