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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

10. 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.

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

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

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. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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