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

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

8. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

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. Be accurate in stating the characteristics of software on which they work, avoiding not only false claims but also claims that might reasonably be supposed to be speculative, vacuous, deceptive, misleading, or doubtful.

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

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

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

4. Be accurate in stating the characteristics of software on which they work, avoiding not only false claims but also claims that might reasonably be supposed to be speculative, vacuous, deceptive, misleading, or doubtful.

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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