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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

7. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.

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

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

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

4. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

3. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

1. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.

2. 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.

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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