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. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
3. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
4. Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.
5. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
6. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
7. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.
8. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
9. 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.
10. 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.
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. 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.
3. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
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. 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.
7. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
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. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
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. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.
5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
6. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
7. 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.
8. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
2. 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.
3. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
4. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
5. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
6. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
7. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
8. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
9. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
10. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
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 is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
8. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. 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.