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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

7. 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.

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

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. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

1. 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.

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

3. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

4. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

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

6. 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.

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

9. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.

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

9. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

10. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

1. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

2. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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