1. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

6. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

2. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

3. 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.

4. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.

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

6. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’

7. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

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

5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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