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Published in Kenneth K. Humphreys, What Every Engineer Should Know About Ethics, 1999
In ruling that it was not unethical for the engineer to perform the feasibility study despite the fact that his land might be affected thereby, the Board noted that the ethical obligations contained in Section II.4.a. do not require the engineer to “avoid” any and all situations that may or may not raise the specter of a conflict of interest. Such an interpretation of the Code of Ethics, said the Board, would leave engineers without any real understanding of the ethical issues nor any guidance as to how to deal with the problem. We noted that the basic purpose of a code of ethics is to provide the engineering profession with a better awareness and understanding of the ethical issues that impact upon the public. The Board concluded that only through interacting with the public and clients will engineers be able to comprehend the true dimensions of ethical issues.
Professional Codes of Ethics
Published in Diane P. Michelfelder, Neelke Doorn, The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Engineering, 2020
Codes of ethics—whether professional, organizational, or institutional—can have at least four legitimate uses in engineering: First, and most important, a code of ethics can establish special standards of conduct where experience has shown common sense to be inadequate. Second, a code of ethics, being an authoritative formulation of the rules governing a practice, can help those new to the practice to learn how to act. Third, a code can remind those with even considerable experience of details they might otherwise forget. Fourth, a code can provide a framework for settling disputes, even disputes among those with considerable experience.
Ethics, fair dealings and anti-trust
Published in Brian Greenhalgh, Introduction to Construction Contract Management, 2016
A code of ethics therefore serves to establish a common understanding of the standards of behaviour expected of all employees in an organisation, as well as their service providers, consultants and contractors. It additionally provides a useful framework to assist in deciding on the most appropriate course of action when staff are faced with an ethical issue or dilemma. Just as important, a published code of ethics provides a degree of protection if the employee chooses a course of action which may be economically disadvantageous to the company – see the case study at the end of this chapter.
Assessing IT Students’ Intentions to Commit Unethical Actions
Published in Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2021
Cheryl Aasheim, Jeffrey Kaleta, Paige Rutner
Corporate codes of ethics are intended to guide employee behavior and may reasonably be expected to be effective tools as violation may carry penalties up to and including termination of employment. While the degree of their effectiveness is uncertain24, there is evidence that codes of ethics serve as a valid tool for organizations to help “clarify responsibility and reduce rationalizations for some people”.25 A code of ethics provides a guideline to employees as to how they should act, thus affecting their judgement and behavioral intentions.25 However, simply publishing a code may be insufficient to achieve desired results; the frequency and quality of communication about the code and the extent to which it is embedded in the organization also influence its effectiveness in diminishing unethical behavior.26 Additionally, even though a responsibility to report code violations is a common expectation, employees are often reluctant to do so, thus attenuating the code’s effectiveness in reducing undesirable behaviors.27 Nevertheless, organizational ethical codes serve as a useful tool in communicating expectations about ethical behaviors.
Authentic process safety decisions in an engineering ethics context: expression of student moral development within surveys and immersive environments
Published in Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Jeffrey Stransky, Cheryl A. Bodnar, Mathew Cooper, Daniel Anastasio, Daniel Burkey
A key component of engineering practice is the ethical responsibility towards the safety, health, and welfare of the public. This ethical responsibility is codified in the Codes of Ethics for many engineering societies (National Society of Professional Engineers 2020; American Institute of Chemical Engineers 2020; American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2020). Safety has been found to be the topic most often mentioned by engineering faculty who teach ethics courses, with one faculty member stating, ‘safety is 50 to 60% of ethics (Colby and Sullivan 2008), p. 330.’ This viewpoint is supported by the 2011 decision by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requiring process safety instruction be included as part of the curriculum of chemical engineering programmes (ABET 2020).
Engineering Manager: Constitutive Elements of this Profession
Published in Engineering Studies, 2019
Jelena Fischer, Mladen Pecujlija, Djordje Cosic, Bojan Lalic
Why insist that members of a profession should supervise their colleagues in ways that comply with their code of ethics? Because members of a specific profession know exactly how their fellow professionals should be acting in specific situations. The very existence of a code of ethics is of particular importance for each profession because it sends a message to the public that members of a given association will perform their professional activities in the interest of the public. These codes have several important functions.11