1. 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.

2. 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.

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. 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. 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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.

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

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

10. 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.

1. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

9. 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.

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