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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

7. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

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

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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

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