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

2. Because of their roles in developing software systems, software engineers have significant opportunities to do good or cause harm, to enable others to do good or cause harm, or to influence others to do good or cause harm.

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

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. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

6. Be accurate in stating the characteristics of software on which they work, avoiding not only false claims but also claims that might reasonably be supposed to be speculative, vacuous, deceptive, misleading, or doubtful.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

2. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

7. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

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. 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. 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.

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

2. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

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. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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