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

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. 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.

4. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

5. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

8. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Strive for high quality, acceptable cost and a reasonable schedule, ensuring significant tradeoffs are clear to and accepted by the employer and the client, and are available for consideration by the user and the public.

8. 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.

9. 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.

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.

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

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

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