Principles

Principle 1: Public

Software engineers shall act consistently with the public interest. In particular software engineers shall, as appropriate:
1.01 Accept full responsibility for their own work.
1.02 Moderate the interests of the software engineer, the employer, the client and the users with the public good.
1.03 Approve only if they have well-founded belief that is safe, meets specifications passes appropriate tests. The ultimate effect of be worked should be for the public good.
1.04 Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public or environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.
1.05 Cooperate in efforts to address matters of grave public concern close caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documentation.
1.06 Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly, public ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tolls.
1.07 Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources, economic, disadvantage.
1.08 Be encouraged to volunteer professional skills to good cause.