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. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

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.

1. 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.

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

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. 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.

5. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

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

7. Credit fully the work of others and refrain from taking undue credit.

8. Assist colleagues in being fully aware of current standard work practices including policies and procedures for protecting passwords, files and other confidential information, and security measures in general.

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. 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.

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

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

2. 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.

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

4. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

5. 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.

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. 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.

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

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