CODE OF ETHICS


The following shall be a code of ethics to which all members shall adhere...

  1. Each member shall so order their professional conduct as to ensure fidelity to their employer, fairness to associate and subordinate employees, continuity and economy in the service for which they are responsible, and devotion to the cardinal principles of good citizenship, courtesy and personal honour.
  2. They shall subscribe to the provisions of the statutes governing and identified with their profession, respecting them themselves and assisting wherever possible with their observation and enforcement.
  3. They shall employ all honourable means to establish and consolidate in the thought of all coming within their sphere or influence, understanding and appreciation of their vocation.
  4. They shall, by personal example and careful instructions, pass on to such as are worthy, knowledge of their calling to the end that true foundations may underlie a forthcoming generation of their kind.
  5. They shall not use unfair means to gain vocational advancement for themselves, nor shall they jeopardize the position of others, when seeking to secure or retain employment.
  6. They shall offer their services for prospective engagement at a fair and just rate of remuneration and shall decline to subscribe to any questionable practice in this regard.
  7. They shall hold inviolate such confidential information as may be entrusted to them concerning the technical processes and business affairs of their employer.
  8. They shall earnestly direct attention to such hazards and dangers to life and property as may be revealed in the pursuit of their calling, and be ever prepared to sacrifice personal and private interest in the greater service of safety.
  9. They shall, by co-operative endeavour, diligently seek to enhance the status of all members, giving freely of their knowledge and skill to this and all other engineering societies dedicated to the high ideals of honour and unselfishness in the performance of a service vital to the well-being and progress of mankind.

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