1. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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

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

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

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

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 adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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. 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. 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. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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