1. 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.

2. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

7. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

6. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

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

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

10. 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.

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

3. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

2. 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.

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. 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. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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.