1. 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.
2. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
3. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
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. 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. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
1. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
2. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
3. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
4. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
5. 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.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
7. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
8. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
9. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
10. 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.
1. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
2. Principle 2: CLIENT AND EMPLOYERSoftware engineers shall act in a manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer, consistent with the public interest.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
1. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
2. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
3. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.
4. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
5. 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.
6. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
7. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
8. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
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. 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. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
6. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
7. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
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. 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. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.