1. Ensure that software engineers know the employer's policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and information that is confidential to the employer or confidential to others.
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. 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. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
6. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
7. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.
8. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
9. 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.
10. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
1. 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.
2. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
3. 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.
4. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
5. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.
9. 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.
10. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
1. 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.
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. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
4. 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.
5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
1. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
2. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
3. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
4. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
5. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
6. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
7. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
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 provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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. 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. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
8. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
9. 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.
10. 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.