1. 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.

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

3. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.

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

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. 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.

7. 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.

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. 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.

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

1. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

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. 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.

9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.

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

1. 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.

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

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

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

6. Express concerns to the people involved when significant violations of this Code are detected unless this is impossible, counter-productive, or dangerous.

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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