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

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. 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.

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

5. These obligations are founded in the software engineer’

6. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

7. Treat all forms of software maintenance with the same professionalism as new development.

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

9. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

10. Improve their knowledge of relevant standards and the law governing the software and related documents on which they work.

1. The ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

2. 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.

3. Assign work only after taking into account appropriate contributions of education and experience tempered with a desire to further that education and experience.

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

5. Ensure adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.

6. Keep private any confidential information gained in their professional work, where such confidentiality is consistent with the public interest and consistent with the law.

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

8. Take responsibility for detecting, correcting, and reporting errors in software and associated documents on which they work.

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

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

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

2. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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. 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. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.

9. 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.

10. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.

1. 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.

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

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

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

6. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.

7. Provide for due process in hearing charges of violation of an employer's policy or of this Code.

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

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

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

1. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.

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

3. 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.

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. 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.

6. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .

7. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.

8. 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.

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

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.