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. Extend software engineering knowledge by appropriate participation in professional organizations, meetings and publications.
3. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
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. 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.
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. 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.
8. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public, or the environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.
3. Work to develop software and related documents that respect the privacy of those who will be affected by that software.
4. 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.
5. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
6. Ensure proper and achievable goals and objectives for any project on which they work or propose.
7. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
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. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
10. Review the work of others in an objective, candid, and properly-documented way.
1. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
2. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
3. 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.
4. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
5. 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.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
1. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with this code.
2. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
3. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
4. 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.
5. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
6. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
7. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
8. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
9. Report significant violations of this Code to appropriate authorities when it is clear that consultation with people involved in these significant violations is impossible, counter-productive or dangerous.
10. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
1. 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.
2. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
3. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
4. 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.
5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
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 provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
8. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
9. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.