1. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to the benefits of software.
2. Attract potential software engineers only by full and accurate description of the conditions of employment.
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. 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. 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.
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 adequate testing, debugging, and review of software and related documents on which they work.
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. Refuse to participate, as members or advisors, in a private, governmental or professional body concerned with software related issues, in which they, their employers or their clients have undisclosed potential conflicts of interest.
10. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Encourage colleagues to adhere to this Code.
1. 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.
2. Ensure that specifications for software on which they work have been well documented, satisfy the users’
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
7. Ensure adequate documentation, including significant problems discovered and solutions adopted, for any project on which they work.
8. 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.
9. Accept no outside work detrimental to the work they perform for their primary employer.
10. 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.
1. 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.
2. Ensure that software engineers are informed of standards before being held to them.
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. 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.
5. The Code helps to define those actions that are ethically improper to request of a software engineer or teams of software engineers.
6. In particular, software engineers shall, as appropriate:Temper all technical judgments by the need to support and maintain human values.
7. Principle 6: PROFESSIONSoftware engineers shall advance the integrity and reputation of the profession consistent with the public interest.
8. 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.
9. Principle 7: COLLEAGUESSoftware engineers shall be fair to and supportive of their colleagues.
10. Principle 4: JUDGMENTSoftware engineers shall maintain integrity and independence in their professional judgment.
1. Recognize that violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
2. It is not intended that the individual parts of the Code be used in isolation to justify errors of omission or commission.
3. Improve their knowledge of this Code, its interpretation, and its application to their work.
4. The Code is not simply for adjudicating the nature of questionable acts; it also has an important educational function.
5. Not ask a software engineer to do anything inconsistent with this Code.
6. Recognize that personal violations of this Code are inconsistent with being a professional software engineer.
7. The Code prescribes these as obligations of anyone claiming to be or aspiring to be a software engineer.
8. 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.
9. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.
10. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.
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. 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.
3. 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.
4. Not punish anyone for expressing ethical concerns about a project.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Ethical tensions can best be addressed by thoughtful consideration of fundamental principles, rather than blind reliance on detailed regulations.
8. Principle 5: MANAGEMENTSoftware engineering managers and leaders shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the management of software development and maintenance .
9. 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.
10. The Code provides an ethical foundation to which individuals within teams and the team as a whole can appeal.