1. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.
2. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
3. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.
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. 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.
6. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.
7. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
10. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
1. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
2. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they 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 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.
5. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
6. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.
7. 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.
8. 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.
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. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.
1. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
2. 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.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
4. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
5. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.
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. 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. 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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
7. 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.
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. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
10. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
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. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
4. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
5. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
6. 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.
7. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
8. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
9. 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.
10. 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.