1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

3. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.

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

5. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

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

7. 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.

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

9. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

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

1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Provide service in their areas of competence, being honest and forthright about any limitations of their experience and education.

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

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

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, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

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 simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

2. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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