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

2. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.

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

7. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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