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

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

10. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.

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

7. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

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

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

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.