Professional ethics and the relationship

between the engineer and his colleagues

Dr.hesham al-safey
•The Code of Ethics regulates
relations between members of the
same profession, between the
profession and their clients, and
between the profession and the
community to which they belong.
•Engineer ethics and the
relationship between him and his
colleagues.
•The relationship of professionals
to each other is one of the first
issues to be addressed in the Code
of Ethics of the Organization.
• The ethics of the profession establishes a
set of principles that ensure in terms of
preserving the bonds of affection among
the same profession and cooperation and
mutual assistance, while maintaining the
independence of each in the exercise of
his professional work and personal
responsibility for those actions.
•The first principle in the ethics of dealing with
engineers together: the principle of decency
in dealing and maintaining the bonds of
affection.
•Engineers are a scientifically and culturally
homogeneous group, that is, they are one
family that is supposed to be friendly and
cooperative.
•Engineers must have a spirit of fellowship,
respect, reverence, cooperation, trust and
solidarity.
•Engineers refrain from physical and moral
abuse of their colleagues by diminishing
their physical and moral standing.
•Engineers refrain from competing with their
colleagues inappropriately in any work
related to the profession, "such as lowering
the value of their fees to get their fellow
clients," as if it were a price war.
•Engineers shall not sue their colleagues
without first resorting to the union to settle
the dispute, If they fail to resolve the
dispute between them, they will be given
permission to go to court.
•The code of ethics of practicing the
profession of Egyptian engineer is
based on the principles and values
shared by the engineers as well as on
the agreement between them the need
to adhere to these values and
principles.
•The Engineer shall be fair in his dealings
with other colleagues and shall provide all
possible assistance to them if required.
•The Engineer shall avoid any act or
statement that may carry unfair criticism or
be taken as an attempt to achieve self-
interest at the expense of other Engineers.
•The Engineer shall recognize the
professional contributions of his superiors,
subordinates and colleagues and shall
always be respected and appreciated.
• The Engineer shall not harm the
reputation or work of other Engineers by
claiming any other person's right and shall
not harm his colleagues by using
improper or decent methods directly or
indirectly which negatively affects their
legitimate rights and opportunities in
their professional practice.
•the event of competition with other
engineers, the Engineer shall compete on
the basis of professional merit and
competence and shall avoid the use of any
dishonest and unfair means.
• A partner engineer in an engineering
institution shall treat his partners in
full transparency, abide by the letter
and spirit of the conditions of
participation, and cooperate with
them to improve the professional
performance of their organization.
•The Engineer shall evaluate the work of
others in the same standards as he would
like to evaluate his work.
• In evaluating the work of other
engineers, the Engineer shall take into
account the determinants and
circumstances surrounding this work
in its execution. He shall also do so
fairly and as dictated by the rules of
decency, proper conduct and the duty
of fellowship.
•The Engineer shall not criticize
the work of other Engineers in an
objective and unfair manner in
order to downplay them and stop
the contracting and dealing with
them.
• The Engineer shall when assigned to give an
opinion on the work of another engineer to
study the topics required to give an opinion
on the subject thorough and in-depth study
in order to reach a sound and balanced
results away from any external influences, as
this may affect the potential judicial litigation
or existing between the other engineer and
the client.
• The Engineer - if assigned to a work that is
considered a modification or development in
whole or in part of the work of another
engineer shall not start his work until after
confirming the contract with this engineer,
and must not ignore the role of the original
engineer and show it properly.
• The Engineer shall not accept any work
previously committed by another Engineer
until he has identified all the circumstances
of the work and verifies that his acceptance
of the work does not harm the legitimate
rights of that Engineer nor does it contradict
the ethical code of conduct set forth in this
Code.
• The Engineer shall not accept
contracting for a project that has been
contracted with another engineer but
which has not been completed or his
fees have not been paid; unless the
performance of this engineer and the
payment of fees are subject to
litigation or the contract of this project
has been canceled in writing by either
party.
• The Engineer shall not accept the
review of the work of a fellow
engineer working for a client unless
the knowledge of this colleague ,And
that the review is conducted
impartially and objectively and
according to engineering codes.
• The Engineer shall not in any way
seek to displace another Engineer in
order to replace him in any project or
work contracted with such Engineer.
• The Egyptian Code of Ethics for the
Engineer Profession has imposed
penalties for violating the engineer's
relationship with a colleague, ranging
from a warning to a one-year
suspension to a five-year suspension
according to the act committed.
• According to the code of honor of the
Saudi engineer - The Engineer shall
not directly or indirectly pay or offer
commissions, gifts or rewards for
obtaining work in order to affect its
adoption, in addition to the need not
to make unprofessional concessions
that may be used to influence other
competitors.
• According to the code of honor of the
Saudi engineer - the engineer should
not compete with another engineer
irregularly to replace him in a certain
job, either after he learned that
specific steps have been taken towards
his appointment or after he has
already been appointed.
• The code of honor of the Saudi engineer -
the engineer shall not be exposed to the
reputation or performance of other
engineers in an improper professional
manner, whether criticism and distortion
directly or indirectly.
• According to the code of ethics and practice
of the Jordanian engineering profession -
the "Engineer" does not seek to replace
another member in any project or any work
of the profession and is prohibited from
accepting the work of another member
before the liquidation of the rights of that
member or the approval of the Council.
• The code of ethics and practice of the
Jordanian engineering profession - refrain
from modifying any engineering work studied
and put by another member without access
to the data and assumptions of design, and
informed that member and provide him with
a copy of the amendment he made on that
work, provided that the amendment is
required by the work safety and technical
requirements therein .
• The code of ethics and practice of the
Jordanian engineering profession -
refraining from signing any engineering
work done by another member, whether
with or without agreement between them.
• The code of ethics and practice of the
Jordanian engineering profession - the
engineer shall not commit or agree to
perform any engineering service on a free
basis that may affect the level of service
provided professionally.
• According to the code of ethics and
practicing the Jordanian engineering
profession, the engineer must take the
prior approval of the board of the
syndicate if necessary to express his
opinion in the work of art or engineering
done by another member or attached to it,
whether in public or with any of the
authorities or published in any medium.
The media.
• The Code of Ethics of the Engineering
Profession issued by the Union of Arab
Engineers - under the title of the Engineer's
relationship with his colleague is a
necessity as a basis for effective and
productive cooperation and for creative
continuity.
• The code of ethics of the engineering
profession issued by the Federation of Arab
Engineers - the engineer must respect each
other with colleagues.
• The code of ethics of engineering
profession issued by the Union of
Arab Engineers - the engineer must
be careful to compete honestly with
colleagues.
•The Code of Ethics of the Engineering
Profession issued by the Arab Engineers
Union - the engineer must respect and
respect the other opinion and not resort
to intolerance of opinion or reduce the
views of others.
•The Engineering Code of Ethics issued
by the Arab Engineers Union - the
engineer must not publicly criticize the
work of others and not resort to
defamation and challenge colleagues or
their work.
•The code of ethics of engineering
profession issued by the Union of
Arab Engineers - science,
knowledge and engineering
standards is the final ruling in case
of technical differences.
•According to the code of ethics of
engineering profession issued by the
Federation of Arab Engineers - the
engineer shall not accept the contracting
of a project contracted with another
engineer unless the performance of this
engineer and payment of fees are subject
to litigation, or that the contract of this
project canceled in writing by either party.
•According to the code of ethics of the
engineering profession issued by the
Union of Arab Engineers - the engineer
must abide by all intellectual property
rights of his colleagues in terms of
designs, drawings, engineering reports
and others and is not allowed to use,
print or circulation without the written
consent of the owner.