1. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

2. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

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

10. 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.

1. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.

2. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

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

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. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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