American Society of Civil Engineers Code of Ethics Last revised in 1993, this code is short and states general considerations, or canons, and incorporates the statement of principles from the code of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). Linked to the ASCE Code of Ethics is the ASCE's Guidelines on Practice. These Guidelines provide more specific guidance on following the provisions of the code.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code of Ethics Last revised in 1991, this code is short and states general considerations, or canons, but the ASME provides a much longer statement called "The ASME Criteria for Interpretation of the Canons."
The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Code of Ethics. The IEAust was founded in 1919 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1938. The work of the Institution covers all aspects of the professional and technical fields of engineering.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Code of Ethics Like the ASME code, this one is very general. It is an aspiration code articulating ideals that IEEE members commit themselves to, but it does not address with specific situations. The IEEE in collaboration with several other professional societies has developed a set of Employment Guidelines that provides standards of responsible behavior for employers and employees in their relations with one another. These guidelines are especially valuable for new engineers.
National Society of Professional Engineers Code of Ethics This code is very detailed. The NSPE Board of Ethical Review applies this code in making judgments on cases. These judgments serve to educate its members on what the NSPE considers ethical practice.
l' Ordre des ingenieurs du Quebec - OIQ Code de deontologies des ingenieurs du Quebec (English Version) This code of ethics/duties, like the codes for each of the other provinces of Canada, has the force of law and the OIQ has investigation, enforcement and a judicial function. This code was adopted in 1983. Revisions are now (9/96) being considered.
CÛ de & de UMAI (UniÛ Mexicana de Asociaciones de Ingenieros) - UMAI's Code of Ethics (note: page is in Spanish only) El CÛ de & Profesional del Ingeniero Mexicano se publicÛ el 1 de julio de 1983, y firmÛ como testigo el C. licenciado Miguel de la Madrid, Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. The code of ethics for the Mexican Engineer was first published July 1, 1983, and was signed by Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico.
American Chemical Society Code of Conduct The ACS was one of the first scientific societies to have a code of ethics. ACS also provides to its members many more specific statements, such as on the environment and on conditions of employment, rather than one general code.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1997. "Making Connections: Engineering Ethics on the World Wide Web." Originally in IEEE Transactions on Education 40 (4): CD- ROM Supplement. Other keywords for this: computer ethics courses; engineering ethics courses; pedagogy; professional societies; technical and scholarly societies; technological disasters.
Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer, by Stephen H. Unger. (From the back cover): This valuable guide provides an in-depth treatment of what constitutes ethical behavior on the part of engineers. It carefully examines the various conflicts faced by engineers and offers practical, proven advice on what to do in such situations. Stephen H. Unger, Controlling Technology: Ethics and the Responsible Engineer, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994. Other keywords for this book: code violations, conscientious objection, engineering ethics, the media, professional societies, professional responsibility, ethics support, technological disasters, unions, whistleblowing.
Whitbeck, Caroline. 1998. Ethics in Engineering Practice and Research. New York: Cambridge University Press. Other keywords for this article: ethics and prudence; preferences vs. values; negligence; trust, distrust; ambiguity; moral ambiguity; responsibilities, general; professional responsibility; public safety; worker safety; laboratory safety; design process; engineering competence; environmental issues, global; environmental issues, chemical; conflict of interest; harassment, sexual harassment and aggression; workplace relationships; research misconduct; falsification and fabrication; plagiarism; authorship; human subjects in research; animals in scientific research.
Herkert, Joseph R., ed. 1999. Social, Ethical and Policy Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings. Piscataway, New Jersey: IEEE Press (in press). Other keywords for this: consumer safety; design and the environment; ethics and economics; ethics and the law; ethics support; global environmental issues; medical information; negligence; privacy; product quality; professional responsibility; professional societies; technical and scholarly societies; professionalism in computing; public safety; risk assessment; safety & performance; system security; whistleblowing.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1999. "Ethics and Professional Responsibility." In John G. Webster, ed., Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (in press). Other keywords for this: engineering ethics courses, ethics support, pedagogy, product quality, professional responsibility, professional societies; technical and scholarly societies, whistleblowing.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1998. "Sustainable Development, Engineering and Multinational Corporations: Ethical and Public Policy Implications." Science and Engineering Ethics 4 (3): 333-346. Reprinted in CHEMTECH, November, 1998: 47-53. Other keywords for this: design and the environment; ethics and economics; global environmental issues; professional responsibility; professional societies; technical and scholarly societies.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1997. "Collaborative Learning in Engineering Ethics." Science and Engineering Ethics 3(4):447-462. Other keywords for this: computer engineering courses; engineering ethics courses; pedagogy; product quality; professional responsibility.
Herkert, Joseph R. 1994. "Ethical Risk Assessment: Valuing Public Perceptions." IEEE Technology and Society 13 (1): 4-10. Other keywords: communication; professional responsibility; public safety; risk assessment; technological disasters.
Layton, E. The Revolt of the Engineers: Social Responsibility and the American Engineering Profession. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1986. Other keywords for this: obligations; professional societies: technical and scholarly societies; public safety; professional responsibility; code violations.
Sarah K. A. Pfatteicher, "Death By Design: Ethics, Responsibility, and Failure in the American Civil Engineering Community, 1852-1986." (Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996). Other keywords for this: public safety; professional responsibility; code violations; professional societies; responsibilities, general.
Daniel W. Mead, "Why a Code of Conduct?" in Baum and Flores, Ethical Problems in Engineering (Troy, NY: Center for the Study of the Human Dimensions of Science and Technology, 1980). Other keywords for this: responsibilities, general; professional responsibility; obligations; professional advice.
Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr. and Allen Webb, "Business Ethics: A View from the Trenches," California Management Review 3 (Winter 1995): 8-28. Other keywords for this: professional responsibility; ethics and prudence; professional advice; ethics support; corporate ethics.
Carl Mitcham, "Schools for Whistleblowers," Commonweal 114 (April 10, 1987): 201-5. Other keywords for this: pedagogy; engineering ethics; professional responsibility; professional advice; responsibilities, general.
Karen Fitzgerald, "Whistleblowing: not always a losing game," in IEEE Spectrum (December 1990): 49-52. Other keywords for this: public safety; professional responsibility; professional advice; responsibilities, general.
Don Gotterbarn and Simon Rogerson, "The Ethics of Software Project Management," in Ethics and Information Technology, ed. Goran Collste, New Academic Publisher, Delhi, 1998. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn, "Raising the Bar: A Software Engineering Code of Ethics," Computers and Society, June 1998, vol. 28, pp. 26-29. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; ethical codes; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn, "Establishing Standards of Professional Practice," chapter 3 in The Responsible Software Engineer, ed. Colin Meyer, Springer Verlag 1996. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn, "Computer Practitioners: Professionals or Hired Guns," in The Social and Ethical Effects of the Computer Revolution, edited by Joseph M. Kizza, McFarland & Company Inc, March 1996. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn, "Standards for Certifying Computer Professionals," in Ethics in the Computer Age, edited by Joseph M. Kizza, ACM Press, 1995. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn and Robert Riser, "Ethics activities in Computer Science Courses: Goals and Issues," in Computers and Society, March 1997. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; pedagogy; design.
Don Gotterbarn and Robert Riser, "Ethics activities in Computer Science Courses," in Computers and Society, December 1996. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; pedagogy; design.
Don Gotterbarn, Chuck Huff, Dianne Martin, and Keith Miller, "Implementing a Tenth Strand in the CS Curriculum (Second Report from project ImpactCS)." December Communications of the ACM, 39(12): 75-84, December 1996. Other keywords for this: ethics courses, computer ethics; pedagogy; design.
Don Gotterbarn, Chuck Huff, Dianne Martin, and Keith Miller, "A Framework for Implementing and Teaching the Social and Ethical Impact of Computing." Education and Information Technologies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1996, published by Chapman. Other keywords for this: accountability; ethics courses, computer ethics; pedagogy; design.
Don Gotterbarn, "Establishing Standards of Professional Practice," chapter 3 in The Responsible Software Engineer, ed. Colin Meyer, Springer Verlag 1996. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn, "Computer Practitioners: Professionals or Hired Guns," in The Social and Ethical Effects of the Computer Revolution, edited by Joseph M. Kizza, McFarland & Company Inc, March 1996. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Don Gotterbarn, "Standards for Certifying Computer Professionals," in Ethics in the Computer Age, edited by Joseph M. Kizza, ACM Press, 1995. Other keywords for this: professionalism in computing; professional responsibility; code violations; accountability; criteria for competency.
Christelle Didier, Pour un questionnement Èthique des choix techniques: une ouverture dans le formation des ingÈnieurs, Fondation pour le progrËs de l'homme, collection "dossiers ! fenÍtre," Paris, 1999. Other keywords for this: engineering ethics courses; pedagogy.