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. 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.
3. 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.
4. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.
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. 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. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.
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9. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
10. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.
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. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
3. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
4. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
5. 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.
6. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
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 accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
3. 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.
4. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow 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. 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.
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. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
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10. 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.
1. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
2. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
3. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
4. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
5. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
6. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
7. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
8. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
9. 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.
10. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
1. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
2. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
3. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
4. 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.
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. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
7. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
8. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
9. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
10. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.