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

2. 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.

3. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own 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. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

9. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

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

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

2. 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.

3. To ensure, as much as possible, that their efforts will be used for good, software engineers must commit themselves to making software engineering a beneficial and respected profession.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of 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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.

6. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

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

8. Ensure that clients, employers, and supervisors know of the software engineer's commitment to this Code of ethics, and the subsequent ramifications of such commitment.

9. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.

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

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

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

3. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

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

5. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

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