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

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

3. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.

4. 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.

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

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

7. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.

8. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

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

10. In particular, software engineers shall continually endeavor to:Further their knowledge of developments in the analysis, specification, design, development, maintenance and testing of software and related documents, together with the management of the development process.

1. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

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

4. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

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. 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. 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.