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. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

7. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

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

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

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. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

3. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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. 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. 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.