1. 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.
2. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.
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. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
5. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’
6. 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.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
9. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
10. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.
1. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
2. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
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. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.
5. 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.
6. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
7. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
8. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
9. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
10. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
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. Report significant violations of this Code to appropriate authorities when it is clear that consultation with people involved in these significant violations is impossible, counter-productive or dangerous.
2. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
3. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
4. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
5. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
6. 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.
7. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
1. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
2. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
3. 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.
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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. 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. 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.
9. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
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.