1. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.
2. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.
3. 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.
4. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
5. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
9. 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.
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.
1. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.
2. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
4. 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.
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. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
8. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
9. 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.
10. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
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. 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.
1. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
2. 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.
3. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
4. 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.
5. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
6. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
7. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
8. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
10. 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.
1. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
6. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
7. 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.
8. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .