1. 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.

2. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

10. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.

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

2. 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.

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

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. 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.

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

8. 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.

9. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.

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

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

3. 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.

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

5. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.

6. 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.

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. Principle 3: PRODUCTSoftware engineers shall ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest professional standards possible.

9. 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.

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

1. 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.

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. 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.

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

6. 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.

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

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.