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

2. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

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

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

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. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

7. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

8. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

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

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

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

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

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. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.

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

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

9. 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.

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