Codes of Ethics in Organizations

We have to View the code as one key element in a broader effort to make ethics a priority at the organization to do a critical bridge for helping to put your ethical principals into practice.

Ethical codes are approved by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between right and wrong and in applying that understanding to their decisions. An ethical code generally presents documents at 3 levels: codes of business ethics, codes of professional practice and codes of conduct for employees.

Code of Ethics presents the values that shape the decisions we make in engineering practice.

This Statement of Ethical Principles sets a standard to which members of the engineering profession should aspire in their working habits and relationships.

The values should apply in every situation in which professional engineers exercise their judgment.

There are 4 principles that should guide an engineer in achieving the high ideals of Professional life , as Accuracy , Honesty and integrity , Respect for Life, Law and the Public Good , Responsible Leadership ,Listening and Informing.

So Engineers would raise the safety, health and welfare of the society as it struggles to comply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of the duties of the profession.

Engineers and offers services that are at the core of their specialty

Engineers do not make their statements, but are committed to honesty and objectivity

The Engineers play an active role in the affairs of each professional employee and client agents or trustees loyal and keen to avoid conflicts of interest.

Engineers are keen to build a professional reputation thanks to their services and do not compete with others in injustice.

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...gency. The response of Med Tech was to fire Thomas. Apparently the then current president of Med Tech did not have the same attitude toward product quality that had been common in the past.

At about the same time, the respirator problem was identified by a physician who had encountered one in hospital practice. Thomas brought suit against Med Tech for wrongful evacuation , assumption that his actions in calling attention to the issue were delegated by the code of ethics that binds vocational engineers. Thoms is a licensed PE.

Different management changes have since happend and the legal process is slowly moving along.

The IE EE Member Conduct Committee counseled that the IE EE file an curiae brief supporting Thomas on the principles engaged. The

IE EE Board of Directors confirmed such action, which is to be taken at an convenient point in the legal progressing.