1. 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.

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

3. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial and respected profession.

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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.

1. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software 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. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial and respected profession.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

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