Section 1.

The chemical engineer shall be guided in all his relations by the highest
standards of honor and integrity and shall act with fairness and impartiality to all.

Section 2. The chemical engineer shall uphold at all times the dignity of the chemical
engineering profession and shall protect it from misrepresentation.

Section 3. The chemical engineer shall avoid being associated with any enterprise
which is of questionable character or is contrary to law or public welfare.

Section 4.The chemical engineer shall express a professional opinion only when he
is adequately informed of the facts related thereto and the purposes for which the
opinion is asked.

Section 5. The chemical engineer shall not issue statements, criticism or arguments
on matters of public concern which are inspired or paid for by private interests, unless
he indicates in whose behalf he is making the statement.

Section 6. The chemical engineer shall not indulge in self-laudatory advertisement

nor make exaggerated, untrue, or misleading statements in media or any public
forum.

Section 7. The chemical engineer shall be mindful of the safety and convenience of
the public at all times and shall make every effort to remedy or bring to the attention
of his client or employer any dangerous defect in equipment or structures or
dangerous conditions of operation which come to his knowledge.

Section 8.The chemical engineer shall consider it his professional obligation to

protect the interest of his client, employer or any person of responsibility and he shall
act accordingly as long as it does not conflict with law, public policy, and welfare.

Section 9. The chemical engineer shall make known to his client or employer all his
other professional obligations, financial interests, or other considerations which might
restrict or interfere with his meeting the legitimate expectations of his client or
employer before undertaking an engagement.

Section 10. The chemical engineer shall not accept compensation, financial or
otherwise from more than one client or employer who is in the same line of business
or has conflicting interest with the others, without the consent of all parties; he shall
not accept compensation directly or indirectly from parties dealing with his client or
employer except with the consent of his client or employer.
Section 11. The chemical engineer shall present clearly the consequences or risk
that will arise if his professional judgement or work, for which he is responsible, is
overruled.

Section 12. The chemical engineer shall not hesitate to engage, or advise his client
or employer to engage the services of other experts or specialists on problems on
which his information or experience is inadequate.

Section 13. The chemical engineer shall regard as the property of his client or
employer any plan, design, or other record which results from the use of information
which is not common knowledge or public property, but which information is obtained
from his client or employer.

Section 14. The chemical engineer shall exchange general information and
experience with his fellow chemical engineers, contribute to the work of engineering
societies and schools, and cooperate in such other endeavors as will enhance the
effectiveness of the chemical engineering profession.

Section 15. The chemical engineer shall encourage and provide opportunity for the
professional development or advancement of chemical engineers in his employ.

Section 16. The chemical engineer shall recognize the view that inadequate
compensation for professional services tend toward inferior and unreliable work and
shall not accept compensation beneath the generally accepted level of professional
fee.

Section 17. The chemical engineer shall not compete with another engineer unfairly,
such as reducing his usual professional charges for work after having been informed
of the charges asked by others.

Section 18. The chemical engineer shall not injure or attempt to injure falsely or
maliciously, directly or indirectly, the professional reputation, competence, capability,
prospects, or practice of another professional.

Section 19. The chemical engineer shall endeavor at all times to give credit to those
to whom credit is properly due.

Section 20.The chemical engineer shall not review the work of another chemical
engineer for the same client or employer without the prior knowledge and consent of
such engineer; when the client or employer relation of such chemical engineer has
already been terminated, prior notice is sufficient.
Section 21. The chemical engineer shall report any infraction of any rules of
professional conduct to the Philippine Institute of Chemical Engineers (PICHE) for
proper appraisal and shall be ready to testify, if necessary.

Section 22. This Code shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following its publication
in the Official Gazette.