1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.
4. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
5. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
6. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.
7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
8. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
9. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
10. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
1. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
2. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
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. 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.
5. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
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 adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
8. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.
2. 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.
3. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
5. 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.
6. 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.
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: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.
9. 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.
10. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
4. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
5. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
6. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
7. 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.
8. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
10. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
1. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
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. 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.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
6. 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.
7. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
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.