Civil Engineering Ethics

Civil engineering professionals are faced with issues of professional ethics on a daily basis. These issues may be presented in the fields of procurement, estimating, management, accounting, financial, customer relations, subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, and more.

Civil engineering companies must gain and keep loyal customers, and their ability to acquire and maintain customers is typically directly related to how those customers see the company’s ethical standards from management and employees. Additionally, when ethics is not properly followed, disaster often occurs in the form of monetary costs, environmental impacts, or loss of human life.

Public Obligations

• Qualifications– Civil engineers must only accept assignments for which they are qualifies by education, training, experience, and technical competence.

• Legal Compliance– Civil engineers must not discriminate in the performance of their services on the basis of race, religion, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin.

• Fair Competition – Engineers must represent their profession experience accurately to prospective clients and offer services that they are capable of delivering.

• Public Contracts – Engineers must not offer nor make payment to a public individual with the intent of influencing their judgement with an existing or prospective project.

Client Obligations

• Client Service – Civil engineers must serve their clients and industry with honesty, integrity and objectivity. They must provide diligence with the interests of the client.

• Conflict of Interest – Engineers must avoid conflicts of interest that may impair their objectivity or integrity.

• Fair Compensation – Engineering companies must negotiate fairly and openly with clients in establishing a basis of compensation and expenses.

• Release of Information – Civil engineers must only make statements that are truthful and keep information and records confidential when appropriate.

Environment Obligations

• Sustainability – Civil engineers must conduct themselves and encourage others in keeping with environmental and sustainable business practices.

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