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1. Engineering Code of Ethics Engineering I Grayson HS

2. Ethics • Engineer’s Creed: • As a professional engineer, I dedicate my professional knowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare. • I pledge: • To give the utmost of performance; • To participate in none but honest enterprise; • To live and work according to the laws of man and the highest standards of professional conduct. • To place service before profit, the honor and standing of the profession before personal advantage, and the publics welfare above all other considerations. • In humility and with need for Divine Guidance, I make this pledge.

3. Ethics • Engineer’s Code of Ethics: • A real document that is governed by NSPE (National Society of Professional Engineers) • Breech of ethics can be charged against an engineer and they can have certification suspended or revoked. • Georgia Professional Standards Commission.

4. Ethics • The purpose of the Code of Ethics: • Maintain a normative ethical theory universally agreed that to cause harm to people is ethically wrong. • Promote public welfare – Not just to avoid harming humankind, but also take an active role in the development and implementation of systems that benefits and improves the human condition. • Maintain a high standard of integrity and practice among engineers.

5. Ethics • Engineer registration is a privilege not a right. This privilege demands that engineers responsibly represent themselves before the public in a truthful and objective manner. • Engineers must compete fairly with others and avoid all conflicts of interest while faithfully serving the legitimate needs and interests of their employers and clients.

6. Ethics • Cannons: • Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development3 in the performance of their professional duties. • Engineers shall perform services only in areas of their competence. • Engineers shall issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner. • Engineers shall act in professional matters for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees, and shall avoid conflicts of interest. • Engineers shall build their professional reputation on the merit of their services and shall not compete unfairly with others. • Engineers shall act in such a manner as to uphold and enhance the honor, integrity, and dignity of the engineering profession and shall act with zero-tolerance for bribery, fraud, and corruption. • Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers, and shall provide opportunities for the professional development of those engineers under their supervision.

7. Ethics • Code of Ethics Handout • Scenarios • Count off to 8. • 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 7’s, 8’s move together. • Group 1 and 2 : Scenario 1 • Group 3 and 4: Scenario 2 • Group 5 and 6: Scenario 3 • Group 7 and 8: Scenario 4 • Be prepared to discuss in detail your answers. • Each team member will provide detailed handwritten notes and question answers in your engineering design notebook.