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

2. 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.

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

5. 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.

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

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. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

9. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

10. 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.

1. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.

2. 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.

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

4. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

6. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.

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

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

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