1. 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 follow professional standards, when available, that are most appropriate for the task at hand, departing from these only when ethically or technically justified.

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

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

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:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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