1. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.

2. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

1. 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.

2. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.

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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

5. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

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

7. 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.

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

9. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

6. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

8. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.

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