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

2. Software engineers are those who contribute by direct participation or by teaching, to the analysis, specification, design, development, certification, maintenance and testing of software systems.

3. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

4. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

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

6. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

7. 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.

8. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.

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

10. 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.

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

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

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

7. Software engineers are those who contribute by direct participation or by teaching, to the analysis, specification, design, development, certification, maintenance and testing of software systems.

8. 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.

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. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

10. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.