Paper: ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS

Today's society abounds with examples of ethical misbehavior in the areas of politics, business, professional activity and personal life. In the view of some, the situation is approaching epidemic proportions. For years, many societies and associations have developed codes of conduct or rules of ethical behavior to guide their members. Many professional organizations require periodic training in ethics. Texas, as well as other states, now requires exposure to annual ethical education as a condition of continuing registration or certification for professional engineers. This presentation is designed to qualify for one hour of ethical training credit each day presented. Each day will contain different information; up to two hours of ethics training can be earned. Included will be an interactive session with those in the audience participating in discussions of a set of prepared questions and several case histories.