As the application expands to all levels of our lives, mastering many of the user's information in hand, a programmer must obey certain ethical rules to restrain his behavior.
Therefore, as a programmer, a software engineer, should have the professional ethics, must abide by the "professional Ethics and Practice Standards": (Below is I think the more important point)
Principle one: The behavior of the public-software engineers should be consistent with the public interest.
The software is safe, conforms to the norm, through the appropriate test, does not reduce the quality of life, does not violate the privacy, does not harm the environment, only if the above conditions can be fully confirmed, only to recognize the software. The ultimate utility of software should be public good.
Principle two: Clients and employers-software engineers should act in the best interests of their clients and employers in a manner consistent with the public interest.
To protect the interests of the employer or client as much as possible, unless for a higher ethical consideration, in which case the employer or the appropriate authority is reflected in the moral issue.
To protect the interests of the employer or client as much as possible, unless for a higher ethical consideration, in which case the employer or the appropriate authority is reflected in the moral issue.
Principle Three: Products - software engineers should ensure that their products and related modifications meet the highest possible professional standards.
Strive for quality, acceptable costs and reasonable plans; Identify all the tradeoffs you make and make sure that they are accepted by employers and customers, and that your plans are available to users and the public.
Principle Four: Judgment--the software engineer should carry out his professional judgment completely and independently.
Principle Five: Management--the managers and leaders of software projects should endorse and promote ethical management of software development and maintenance.
To ensure that software engineers who contribute to the ownership of software, process, research, writing, or other intellectual property have a fair agreement;
Principle VI: Occupation-in accordance with the principle of public interest, software engineers should ensure the integrity and reputation of their profession.
Principle VII: Colleagues-software engineers should be honest to help their colleagues.
Encourage colleagues to uphold this principle.
Helping colleagues in the development process
Principle eight: Self---software engineers should be lifelong learning to improve their professional standards without violating the code of ethics.
Constantly improve their professional level is the best guarantee of software quality
Academic integrity and professional ethics