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. Not unfairly intervene in the career of any colleague; however, concern for the employer, the client or public interest may compel software engineers, in good faith, to question the competence of a colleague.
3. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
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:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
9. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
1. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
2. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
3. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
6. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
9. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
10. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
1. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
2. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Principle 2: CLIENT AND EMPLOYERSoftware engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer, consistent with the public interest.
6. 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.
7. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
8. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
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. 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. 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. 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.
3. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
4. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
5. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
6. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
7. 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.
8. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
9. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
10. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
1. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
2. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
3. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
4. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
5. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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. 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.
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
10. 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.