1. 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.

2. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

3. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

4. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public, or the environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.

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

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

7. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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

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. 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.

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

2. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.

3. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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: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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

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

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