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A 7 page critique of the Professional Engineers
of Ontario Code of Ethics. This paper concentrates on the seemingly perplexing, concerning, and even contradictory provision that one engineer
not review another's work without their full knowledge. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Page Count:
7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPethEng.rtf
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Ethics are a central component of professional engineering. Ethics of practice in this field is, in fact, a popular topic of discussion within the field.
Several engineering organizations have developed specific codes of ethics that regulate member conduct. The Canadian organization Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) is no exception. Many contend that
the establishment of such codes of ethics is one of the most effective ways of solving ethical issues and dilemmas or even circumventing them before they occur. This code
of ethics is viewed as a needed amenity in protecting the public from the harm which can be inflicted by unscrupulous or incompetent practitioners. It is also viewed as
being beneficial in its provision of a moral framework and heightening the likelihood of self-regulation within the field. While at one
time only a narrowly defined group of professions even considered the establishment of professional codes of ethics, those definitions are changing. The applicability of such codes to the engineering
profession is really quite apparent when the impact of ethical verses unethical engineering behavior is considered. Although it is not one of the time-honored professions of theology, law, and
medicine; engineering is one of the most respected professions. Dougherty (1996) distinguishes professions from mere occupations as follows:
"The term [profession] traditionally was assigned to those callings in which one professes to have acquired some special, useful knowledge and secondarily to those arts or
services dependent upon such knowledge". Professions such as ours direct the interests of those
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