1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
4. 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.
5. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
1. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
2. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
3. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
4. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
5. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
6. 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.
7. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
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 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.
3. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
4. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.
8. 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.
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
1. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
2. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
3. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
4. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
5. 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.
6. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
7. 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.
8. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
9. 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.
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.
1. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
2. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
3. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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. 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. 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. 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. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.