1. 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.

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. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

2. 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.

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

5. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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. 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.

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.