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. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

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

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

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. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

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. Not unfairly intervene in the career of any colleague; however, concern for the employer, the client or public interest may compel software engineers, in good faith, to question the competence of a colleague.

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

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. 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. 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.

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

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 proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

8. 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.

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

1. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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