1. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
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. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.
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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
9. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.
10. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.
1. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
2. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
3. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
4. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.
5. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
6. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
8. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
9. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
10. 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.
1. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
3. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
6. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
7. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
8. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
9. 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.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
1. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
2. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
7. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
8. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
9. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
10. 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.