Theunissen, William Herman Morkel2009-03-092009-03-092008-06-282009-03-09Theunissen, W H M 2008, 'Software Engineering Professionalism', in Colloquium and Festschrift at the occasion of the 60th birthday of Derrick Kourie (Computer Science), Windy Brow, South Afica, 28 June 2008. [http://www.cs.up.ac.za/cs/sgruner/Festschrift/]http://hdl.handle.net/2263/9192The Post-Proceedings of this Festschrift will be formally published in The South African Computer Journal number 41.The state of contemporary software and the practice of its development continue to raise the need for evaluating the concept of professionalism in software development. This paper investigates the definition and the concept of professionalism and in turn the resulting profession of software engineering; leading to some philosophical discussion of the subject. The elements of values, principles, practices and ethics are briefly explored. Culminating into some vision of the path forward.enMorkel TheunissenSoftware engineeringCode of conductProfessional valuesComputer software -- DevelopmentSoftware engineeringArticle