1. 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.
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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
5. 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.
6. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
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. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
9. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
10. 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.
1. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
2. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.
3. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
4. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
5. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
6. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
7. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
8. 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.
9. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
10. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
1. 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.
2. 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.
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. 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.
5. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.
6. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
7. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
8. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
9. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
10. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
1. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
2. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
3. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
10. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
4. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
5. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
6. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
7. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
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.