1. 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.
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 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
6. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
7. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
8. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
9. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
1. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
2. 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.
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. 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.
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. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
8. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
9. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
10. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
1. 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.
2. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
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. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
5. 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.
6. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
7. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
8. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
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. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
3. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
4. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
5. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
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. Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Full Version)PREAMBLEComputers have a central and growing role in commerce, industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and society at large.
8. 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.
9. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
10. 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.
1. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
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. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. 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.
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. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.