1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Maintain professional objectivity with respect to any software or related documents they are asked to evaluate.
4. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
5. 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.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
7. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
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. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.
10. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
1. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
2. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
3. 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.
4. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
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 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. 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.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Accept full responsibility for their own work.
9. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
10. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
1. PRINCIPLESPrinciple 1: PUBLICSoftware engineers shall act consistently with the public interest.
2. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
7. 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.
8. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
9. 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.
10. In accordance with that commitment, software engineers shall adhere to the following Code of Ethics and Professional Practice.
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. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
3. 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.
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 ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
6. Not influence others to undertake any action that involves a breach of this Code.
7. 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.
8. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
9. Avoid associations with businesses and organizations which are in conflict with 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. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
2. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
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. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. 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.
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. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
10. 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.