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. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
3. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
4. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
5. 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.
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. 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.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
9. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
10. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
1. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
2. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
3. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
10. 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.
1. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
4. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.
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. 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.
7. 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.
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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
10. 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.
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. 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.
3. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
4. 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.
5. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
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. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
8. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
9. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
10. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
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. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
3. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
10. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.