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

2. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

3. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.

4. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

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

1. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project 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. 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 an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

4. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

1. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

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

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

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

5. Report significant violations of this Code to appropriate authorities when it is clear that consultation with people involved in these significant violations is impossible, counter-productive or dangerous.

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

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

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

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. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

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

2. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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