1. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
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. 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. 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.
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. 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.
7. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.
8. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.
9. 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.
10. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
1. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
2. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
3. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
4. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
5. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
6. 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.
7. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
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. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
10. 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.
1. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
2. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.
3. 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.
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. 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.
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. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
1. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
3. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
4. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
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 knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
7. 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.
8. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
9. 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.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
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. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
3. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
4. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
6. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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. 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.
9. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
10. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.