1. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
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. 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.
4. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
5. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.
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. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
8. Ensure that there is a fair agreement concerning ownership of any software, processes, research, writing, or other intellectual property to which a software engineer has contributed.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
4. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
5. 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.
6. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
7. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
8. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
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. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
4. 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.
5. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
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. 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.
8. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
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. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
6. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
7. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
8. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
9. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
10. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
1. 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.
2. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
6. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
7. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
8. 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.
9. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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.