1. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

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

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

6. 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.

7. 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.

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

5. 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.

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

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

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. 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. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

6. 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.

7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Strive for high quality, acceptable cost and a reasonable schedule, ensuring significant tradeoffs are clear to and accepted by the employer and the client, and are available for consideration by the user and the public.

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

10. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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