1. 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.
2. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.
3. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.
4. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’
5. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
6. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
7. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
2. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
6. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
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. 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. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
10. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
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. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
3. 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.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
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, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
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. 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. 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.
1. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
2. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
3. 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.
4. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this 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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
7. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
8. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
9. 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.
10. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
1. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
2. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
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. 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.
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. 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 is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.