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

2. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

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. 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.

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

2. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.

3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

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

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

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

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

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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Ensure that software engineers know the employer's policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and information that is confidential to the employer or confidential to others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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. In all these judgments concern for the health, safety and welfare of the public is primary; that is, the "Public Interest" is central to this Code.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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.