This code of ethics was developed by the IEEE-CS / ACM joint task force on Software Engineering Ethics and Professional Practices . It was jointly approved by the ACM and the IEEE-CS as the standard for teaching and practicing software engineering. This summary version of the code of ethics summarizes aspirations at a high level of abstraction. The clauses included in the full version of this code 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 software a beneficial and respected profession. In accordance with their commitment to the health, safety and welfare of the public, software ...