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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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. 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. 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.

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

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

4. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.

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

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

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

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

9. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.

6. 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.

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

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

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

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