Code of ethics for engineers

NSPE (2003). NSPE code of ethics for engineers, http //www.nspe.org/ethics/ehl-code.asp Osborn, A. E. (1963). Applied imagination. New York Scribners. 

National Society of Professional Engineers. NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers. http //www.nspe.org/Ethics/CodeofEthics/index.html (accessed Jul 30,2008). 

This is a more defensible version of the vague employee-loyalty-to-employer canons found in many codes of engineering ethics. For example, as noted, Fundamental Canon 1.4 of the NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers states, Engineers, in the fulfillment of their professional duties, shall act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees. ... 

However, Brown did nor have an ethical responsibility to refrain from critical comments on Smith s method and approach. The Code of Ethics for Engineers ... 

A more detailed code of ethics for engineers was adopted initially by the NSPE in July 1964. Since then, it has been updated 22 times and will probably continue to receive updates. The 1996 version is shown in Figure 1.4. Some idea of the direction in which engineering ethics is moving may be gleaned from the following changes made since 1996, as taken from the NSPE Web site at ... 

Figure 1.4 NSPE code of ethics for engineers—1996 version.

In the United States, the first codes of ethics for engineers have existed since the beginning of the twentieth century. They have long concerned solely internal issues within the profession. The environmental issue first appeared in 1977 in the code of ethics of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in a very modest way. New proposals to transform this recommendation into a stronger commitment in 1984 and 1995, met strong resistance from the profession. The 1996 version introduced a reference to sustainable development in canon 1 along with their definition of sustainable development (ASCE 1977, 2006). 

---