Ethics

Quiz 2 material for ENSC 100W

Professions

• Professions have a significant impact on the public

  • require professional judgment
  • require formal education
  • allowed to self-regulate
  • has a beneficial effect on the public

• Engineering has many responsibilities

  • -

  • How to make decisions

    • simple ethical problems

      • Good vs bad

    • Hard ethical problems

      • Good vs Good
      • Bad vs Bad

• Provinces and the professions

  • IN canada, professions are regulated under the provincial governments

    • Provincial government

      • Engineers granted exclusive rights of practise and title under the Engineers and Geoscientist act

    • EGBC

      • required under act to establish, maintain and enforces standards
        • Controls the term engineer
        • P.Eng registrants can only be called engineer

    • P.Eng

      • members must self-regulate profession in the public interest

EGBC Code of Ethics

• Preamble

  • act with fairness, courtesy and good faith
  • uphold the values of truth, honesty and trustworthiness
  • safeguard human life and welfare and the environment

• CODE OF ETHICS

  • 1. act in the public interest

    • hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, including the protection of the environment

  • 2. know your limits

    • Undertake and accept responsibility for professional assignments only when qualified by training or experience

  • 3. Follow the law

  • 4. follow the standards of gov or EGBC

    • have regard for standards, policies and plans

  • 5. maintain your competence

    • maintain your competence in relevant stuff

  • 6. state qualifications accurately

    • strive to advance the body of knowledge within the practice

  • 7. distinguish facts from assupsions/opinions

    • provide profession opinions that distinguish between facts

  • 8. no conflicts of interest

    • conflict of interest and ensure no conflicts including perceived ones.
    • properly disclose and take action no bias

  • 9. Duty to report

    • report to EGBC and other authorities

  • 10. stand your ground

    • communicate risks

  • 11. Each professional is responsible

    • clearly identify each registrant who has contributed

  • 12. work diligently and follow standards of documentation

    • undertake work and documentation with diligence and accordance with any guidance developed to standardize professional documentation

  • 13. Do unto others

    • conduct themselves with fairness, courtesy and good faith

Negligence

• Under tort law:

  • a wrong committed by one person against another; not a crime; not a breach of contract

• 3 essential elements of negligence

  • 1. Defendant owed plaintiff a duty of care

  • 2. defendant breached duty through action or inaction below the standard of care

  • 3. defendants breach caused injury to plaintiff

Intellectual property

• Copyright

  • Literary works

  • DRamatic works

  • musical works

  • Artistic works

• Trademark

  • distinguishes brand from others
  • protects both companies and consumers
  • rights acquired through use of tm or the little r
  • can’t be a name
  • for particular ware or service