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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

4. 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.

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

6. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

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

8. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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. 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.

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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.

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.

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

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

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

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. 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. 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.

8. 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.

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

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