1. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.

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

3. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.

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. 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.

6. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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. 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.

6. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

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

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

9. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to 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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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, as appropriate:Provide service in their areas of competence, being honest and forthright about any limitations of their experience and education.

1. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.