1. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
2. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
3. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.
4. 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.
5. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
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. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
2. 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.
3. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
4. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
5. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
6. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
10. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
1. 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.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
8. 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.
9. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
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. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
2. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
3. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
4. 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.
5. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
6. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
7. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
8. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
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. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
1. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
2. 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.
3. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
4. 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.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
6. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
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 is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
10. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.