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Ethics Lesson Secepp-Portrait

The document presents a summary of the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (SECEPP). It outlines 8 principles for software engineers to adhere to in order to ensure their work is conducted ethically and with the public interest in mind. The principles cover responsibilities to the public, clients/employers, quality of products, professional judgment, management, the profession, colleagues, and lifelong learning.

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Ethics Lesson Secepp-Portrait

The document presents a summary of the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice (SECEPP). It outlines 8 principles for software engineers to adhere to in order to ensure their work is conducted ethically and with the public interest in mind. The principles cover responsibilities to the public, clients/employers, quality of products, professional judgment, management, the profession, colleagues, and lifelong learning.

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SECEPP – Short Version

PREAMBLE

The short version of the code summarizes aspirations at a high level


of abstraction. The clauses that are included in the full version give
examples and details of how these aspirations change the way we act as
software engineering professionals. Without the aspirations, the details
can become legalistic and tedious; without the details, the aspirations
can become high sounding but empty; together, the aspirations and the
details form a cohesive code.

Software engineers shall commit themselves to making the analysis,


specification, design, development, testing and maintenance of soft-
ware a beneficial and respected profession. In accordance with their
commitment to the health, safety and welfare of the public, software
engineers shall adhere to the following Eight Principles:
1. PUBLIC - Software engineers shall act consistently with the pub-
lic interest.
2. CLIENT AND EMPLOYER - Software engineers shall act in a
manner that is in the best interests of their client and employer,
consistent with the public interest.
3. PRODUCT - Software engineers shall ensure that their products
and related modifications meet the highest professional standards
possible.
4. JUDGMENT - Software engineers shall maintain integrity and
independence in their professional judgment.
5. MANAGEMENT - Software engineering managers and leaders
shall subscribe to and promote an ethical approach to the man-
agement of software development and maintenance.
6. PROFESSION - Software engineers shall advance the integrity
and reputation of the profession consistent with the public inter-
est.
7. COLLEAGUES - Software engineers shall be fair to and support-
ive of their colleagues.
8. SELF - Software engineers shall participate in lifelong learning
regarding the practice of their profession and shall promote an
ethical approach to the practice of the profession.
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 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. The
ultimate effect of the work should be to the public good.

1.04. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or po-


tential danger to the user, the public, or the 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
caused by software, its installation, maintenance, support or documen-
tation.

1.06. Be fair and avoid deception in all statements, particularly public


ones, concerning software or related documents, methods and tools.

1.07. Consider issues of physical disabilities, allocation of resources,


economic disadvantage and other factors that can diminish access to
the benefits of software.

1.08. Be encouraged to volunteer professional skills to good causes and


to contribute to public education concerning the discipline.

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