1. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

7. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.

8. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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

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

1. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

7. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.

7. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.

8. 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.

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

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

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

4. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

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

6. 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.

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

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

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