Principle 10: PROFESSION: 6.02

6.02. Promote public knowledge of software engineering.

Additional to providing latest news, this website also provides some educational articles which can be used to improve user's knowledge on Software engineering while motivating them to learn more.

There is a page describing the therms and conditions referring to code of ethics attached to this website so any user who interest in can access it and read the details.

Principle 9: PRODUCT: 3.14

3.14. Maintain the integrity of data, being sensitive to outdated or flawed occurrences.

The information we publish in the website must be accurate and up to date securing the integrity of data since that should be the main purpose of a news provider. 

Principle 8: CLIENT AND EMPLOYER: 2.03

2.03. Use the property of a client or employer only in ways properly authorized, and with the knowledge and consent of client or employer.

If we are going to publish something controversial about any person it is better to get the permission because anyone has a right to go for a court if they think that someone tried to insult their character so as an owner of a gossip site you are taking a huge risk.

It's better to avoid this risk by either getting the permissions from the relevant persons or being able to depend facts you are going to publish.  

Principle 7: CLIENT AND EMPLOYER: 2.02

2.02. Not knowingly use software that is obtained or retained either illegally or unethically.

Due to the cost of software these days it is not hard to think that a lot of software engineers tend to acquire copies of software illegally since that's the most cost effective way for them.

Ours being a website we used software like Netbeans, Mysql database and other suitable templates and libraries to develop this website but we purchased all of them legally and used according to the terms & regulations of software owners or we used freely available software.

Writing these blogs is another task assigned to us so I made use of this website called blogger.com and acquire a web space for my blog freely.

So as far as I'm concerned we haven't used any kind of material to develop this website illegally or breaking any terms & conditions.

Principle 6: CLIENT AND EMPLOYER: 2.01

2.01. Provide service in their areas of competence, being honest and forthright about any limitations of their experience and education.

The code of ethics dictates that a software engineer must be honest and forthright of their set of skills and not mislead their client or employer into believing they possess greater skills than they actually do, with the intention of acquiring greater recognition or higher payments for their work.

Members of my group are not experts in web technologies since we don't have a huge experience like professionals so there may have errors and bugs in the site we have developed but we did lot of hard work and learnt a lot of things through internet and applied those to our works.

So we are being honest with our capabilities but we are capable of developing a reasonable website and we are not misleading users or the other related parties and more importantly ourselves. 

Principle 5: PUBLIC: 1.08

1.08. Be encouraged to volunteer professional skills to good causes and to contribute to public education concerning the discipline.

Though there are lot of highly skilled software engineers, it is quite clear with higher demand for money in present world that without a monetary value to their effort people won't contribute to the societal progress.

But it is our ultimate responsibility to serve for the good of the society while we are earning something for our effort but not always prioritizing the monetary value we are getting.

This website is simply developed for the good of the society so that we can give them something new to think about but if this site becomes a success later maybe we can get some monetary value for our efforts.

Principle 4: PUBLIC: 1.04

1.04. Disclose to appropriate persons or authorities any actual or potential danger to the user, the public, or the environment, that they reasonably believe to be associated with software or related documents.

Since this is a web site which provides news updates,we will publish a lot of hidden facts about celebrities and well known people in Sri Lankan society.

So if anything bad going to happen to those people's image and reputation through the publications of the site, it is our responsibility to avoid such situations as the owners of the website but if such a thing happened,we must apologize to the affected parties and correct the mistakes as soon as possible.

If any user breakdowns happen like unavailable access, we should be able to recover pretty soon and inform the users what happened and making sure not to let happen the same mistake again.

We have included a terms and conditions page in our website so that any user can access it and get the information how to use the website properly making the risk and danger minimum.