1. 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.

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

3. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.

4. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

2. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

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

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

5. 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.

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. 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. 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.

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

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

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

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. 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.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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