1. 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.

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: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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

7. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.

8. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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. 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. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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

3. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.

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

5. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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. 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.

10. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.