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

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

4. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

5. 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.

6. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

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

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. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

3. 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.

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. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

6. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.

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

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

9. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

10. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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

2. 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.

3. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

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. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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.