1. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

1. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

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. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

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. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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