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 Engineer’s Code Of Practice
IEM/BEM, Eng. Accreditation
Committee, (EAC) Malaysian
Vis-à-vis regulations Quality Audit (MQA)

Design, Code Code Of Accreditation

& Standards Ethics Procedure

Continuing Professional
Professional Assessment
Development Examination
Benchmark Establishment

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Essential Requirements by Public

Expectations from public/ consumers for goods,
facilities, systems and services.

COST EFFECTIVE with fit for purpose performance

SAFE to humans, animals, plants and properties.

NOT HARMFUL TO HEALTH AND WELL BEING of all

living things.

All built and developed structures shall be
ENVIROMENTALY SUBSTATNTIABLE

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Cost • Contractual relationship between demand
Effective and supply equation among informed and
knowledgeable parties
Fit For • By way of agreed terms and conditions
which are transaction specific.
Purpose

• HSE the very core of:

• Domestic Design, Codes and Standards
HSE • National Regulatory Regime
• International Standards and Codes of
Practices (ISO and IEC)

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Chartered Asean Engineers

Standard Centric Technical Regulations

Globalization and flat/ borderless economy

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ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement
(MRA) on Engineering Services (CPC 8672)

Trade in services – 4 modes • Est. 9/12/2005
• 10 ASEAN countries

Cross border trade • Facilitate free trade

Consumption abroad • Limit on Technology
Barriers (TB) to Trade

Commercial presence

Present of natural persons

Asean Chartered Professional Engineer

(ACPE)

Eng. Degree

Prof. Engineer

7 years exp.

CPD

Certified by PRA to be free of violations

Screened by ACPECC secretary
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ASEAN Mutual Recognition Agreement
(MRA) on Engineering Services (CPC 8672)

Another way is through ASEAN Federation of
Engineers Organization (AFEO) and ASEAN
Engineers Register (AER)

Engineering Degree

Corporate member of institution

7 years

CPD

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CPC – Central Product Certification

8671 Architectural Services

8672 Engineering Services

8673 Integrated Engineering Services

8674 Urban Planning Services

511 to 518 All aspects of Construction Services

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CPC 8672 – Engineering Services

86721 – Advisory and consultative engineering services

86722 – Eng. design service for the const. of foundations
and building structures.

86723 – Eng. design services for mech.. And electrical
installations for buildings.

86724 – Eng. design services for the const. of civil eng.
works

86725 – Eng. design services for industrial processes and
production.

86726 – Eng. design services n.e.c.

86727 – Other eng. services during the const. and
installation phase

86729 – Other engineering services

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CPC 8673 – Integrated Eng. Services

86731 – Integrated eng. services for transportation

infrastructure turnkey projects

86732 – Integrated eng. and proj. management
services for water supply and sanitation works
turnkey

86733 – Integrated eng. services for the
construction of manufacturing projects

86739 – Integrated eng. services for other turnkey
orihects

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Code of Ethics (Intro)

“Code of Professional Conduct” covered by
“Regulations on Professional Conduct” forming part
of IEM constitution and By laws.

Conflict of Interest – Personal and Call of Duty

Why adhere to CoE

Hallmark of professionalism

Basic qualifier

Attractiveness

Edge in competition

Rewarding and respectable profession

ETI – Engineering Technology and Innovation

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AFEO Code Of Ethics
ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organizations

Profession

Uphold dignity, stand and reputation

Colleagues

Shall not harm other engineers

Foster reputation for profession advancement

Employers/ Clients

Serve with honesty, loyalty and integrity

Public

Shall be of paramount interest with respect to HSE and its
welfare

Oneself

Enhance health and competency towards continuous professional
development

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World Issues

Climate change

Global warning

Green house gases

High price of oil (well not currently in 2016)

Sustainable energy

Energy efficiency

Sea level rise

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ENVIROMENTALISM – The ETI Push Pull
Factor
3R 3E 3P

• Reduce • Ecology • People

• Reuse Impact (Cause)
(Repair, De- • Economics • Priorities
Bottleneck, • Equality (Wishes)
Improve) • Politics
• Recycle (Benevolent
or abuse)

Demand Side Supply Side

ETI – Engineering, Technology and Innovation
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Engineering, Technology and Innovation

Good
Corporate
Governance
3T’s
Environmental
Talent Management
System
Technology
To be effective
requires Tolerance
Good
Regulatory
Practice

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Environmentalism is all about…

CARE

Less Corruption with - Concerns

Good Regulatory - Social
Practice Responsibilites

Integrity Engineering
Management Management
System System
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BEM Code Of Ethics 1

Only accept professional obligation

Responsibility

Professional opinion to his best of ability

Advise possible dangers if advices are neglected

Do not injure other fellow professionals

Disclose to client/ employers his conflict of interest

Do not disclose confidential information

Not to act on behalf of employees on matters of
payment

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BEM Code Of Ethics 2

Be a mentor

Uphold dignity of profession

Continuous self improvement and training of others

Community/ Public is of prime interest

Fair, Honest and In good faith

Asserting Engineer’s Independence from Business

Never compromise welfare and HSE

Equitable practice

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BEM Code Of Ethics 3

Personal Integrity and Consistency

Safety

Quality

Problem Solving and Adaptability

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 Design Questions

Plan flexibility GREEN DESIGN

Alternatives Sustainable Site Planning
Life cycle of design Water efficiency and
safeguard
Local expertise utilization Energy efficiency
Environment Renewable Energy
HSE HSE
Impacts Environment Quality
Materials – Resources/ Conservation of Materials
Wastes Resources

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Cost Benefit Analysis Criterion

Utilitarianism

The theory that action should be directed towards
achieving the “greatest happiness for the greatest
number of people”

Environmentalism

Ideologythat seeks to prevent environment from
degradation by human activity

Sustainability

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CoE Flow

• Collection of
Code of Ethics shared stance
(CoE) and honor of
engineers

Code of
Professional • “The Law” or
Conduct “The Act”
(CoPC)

Rules of
Professional • “The
Conduct Regulations”
(RoPC)

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Engineering in Consultancy Practice

Ethics - Professional Liability

If
neglected to exhibit skill of an ordinary competent
member of the profession

General principles of negligence

Duty of care

Standard of care

Economic loss

Danger to Health and Safety

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Engineers in Construction

Roles Critical Areas

• Contractor • Welfare and HSE

• Employee • Competency/ Trust
• Consultant/ Specialist • Fair, Honest, Good Faith
• Supplier • Apply knowledge/skill in
• OEM/ Manufacturer interest of employer
• Inform impacts to clients
and environment
• Confidentiality
• No Bribery
• Opinions based on
knowledge

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CoE w.r.t Community

Conform to standards

Know requirement for public health and safety

Achieve sustainable development

Ensure public is aware and they understand.

Avoid assignments with conflict of interest.

Shall not use association with other persons,
corporations and partnerships.

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CoE w.r.t Competence and
Qualification

Shall not falsify competency and qualifications.

Shall compete based on merits with other consulting
engineers

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Regulations on Professional Conduct

Work shall avoid HSE and injury
Inform any conflict of interest

Avoid waste of natural resources
Shall not disclose Information

Continuous competence
Do not accept other’s
development remuneration other than from his

Accept all responsibility under him employer

Give opinion up to his technical
Shall not improperly solicit work
ability
Shall not act as medium of

Advise dangers if advice payment for his employer
neglected
Shall not undertake responsibility

Give no public statement as P. Eng. which he believes
himself is incompetent.

Respect other engineers

Shall not advertise or write
articles in self-laudatory manner

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Competencies of Professional Eng. 1

Personal Behavioural, Values/ Ethical Elements

Teamwork, Self-awareness and awareness of others

Client and public relations

Ethical issues, professional values, independence and

integrity

Safety

Quality

Develop and mentor others

Uphold the profession

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Competencies of Professional Eng. 2

Knowledge/ cognitive and Functional Competencies:

the “technical” aspects of the professional role

Effective grasp of, and ability to advance, the body of
engineering knowledge and practice

Problem solving and adaptability

Task effectiveness

Continuous professional learning

Communication in the professional role

Reflection and Transfer knowledge

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