Team Power

6.04. Support, as members of a profession, other software engineers striving to follow this Code.

This closure is important when working with a team. Because this closure promotes team members to work with each other in a more ethical way. A software engineer should support other software engineers who are trying to follow the software engineering code of ethics. As software engineers we should always try to follow the conducts mentioned in this ACM code of conduct. Because it promotes a healthy development environment that would ensure to produce better relationships between clients, employers and also employees. It also helps to develop a better quality software.

When a software engineer who is following this code of conduct sees another fellow developer who wants to follow these rules he should always help. Because by promoting this conduct we can guarantee to obtain the above mentioned goals. If the other fellow software engineers are not following this code or doesn’t know about them you can encourage them to follow it and introduce them to it. If they have any hard time following a closure mentioned in the conduct you as a person who follows the conduct should tell the proper way of following it.

By doing so in a team there is a very less probability of any of the team members doing something that is deemed unethical by this code. If everyone in the team acts like that there won’t be any ethical issues that would arise during the development of the product. Also as it encourages of using better standards of coding and also improving the skills there is also the advantage of being able to deliver a superior product.

The closure is there for the betterment of all the software developers. Because by doing unethical work the developers are the ones who is going to take the black mark. Sometimes without even knowing an unethical conduct may happen due to not properly knowing what is in this conduct. If a developer is fully aware of this code of conduct that person is able to reason an act according to this conduct before he do it. By promoting this code of conduct like this there is the possibility of majority of developers following this code which lead to a better development community as a whole.