1. 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.

2. 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.

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. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.

5. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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. 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.

10. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.

7. 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.

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

9. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

10. 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.

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

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

4. 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.

5. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

5. These situations require the software engineer to use ethical judgment to act in a manner which is most consistent with the spirit of the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, given the circumstances.

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

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

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

10. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. These situations require the software engineer to use ethical judgment to act in a manner which is most consistent with the spirit of the Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, given the circumstances.

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:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.

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

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

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