1. 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.

2. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

10. 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.

1. Assist colleagues in being fully aware of current standard work practices including policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and other confidential information, and security measures in general.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Ensure that they are qualified for any project on which they work or propose to work by an appropriate combination of education and training, and experience.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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