1. Approve software only if they have a well-founded belief that it is safe, meets specifications, passes appropriate tests, and does not diminish quality of life, diminish privacy or harm the environment.
2. Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.
3. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
4. 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.
5. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
6. 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.
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. Identify, document, and report significant issues of social concern, of which they are aware, in software or related documents, to the employer or the client.
9. Strive to fully understand the specifications for software on which they work.
10. Improve their ability to create safe, reliable, and useful quality software at reasonable cost and within a reasonable time.
1. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
2. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.
3. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. 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.
6. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
7. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
8. Improve their understanding of the software and related documents on which they work and of the environment in which they will be used.
9. Obey all laws governing their work, unless, in exceptional circumstances, such compliance is inconsistent with the public interest.
10. Ensure an appropriate method is used for any project on which they work or propose to work.
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.
4. 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.
5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
10. 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.
1. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.
2. 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.
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. The dynamic and demanding context of software engineering requires a code that is adaptable and relevant to new situations as they occur.
5. 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.
6. Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (Full Version)PREAMBLEComputers have a central and growing role in commerce, industry, government, medicine, education, entertainment and society at large.
7. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
8. 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.
9. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
10. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
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. 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. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
4. Identify, define and address ethical, economic, cultural, legal and environmental issues related to work projects.
5. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
6. The Principles identify the ethically responsible relationships in which individuals, groups, and organizations participate and the primary obligations within these relationships.
7. The Code is not a simple ethical algorithm that generates ethical decisions.
8. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
9. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Help develop an organizational environment favorable to acting ethically.
10. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.