[ Ethics ]

During a discussion with some young engineers about competencies and registration (CPEng, RPEQ), I was pleasantly surprised when the group manager stopped us and said: ethics. 

A pause in the discussion. 

There’s no university course on engineering ethics in Australia, but it silently underpins everything we do as engineers.  Ethics are the baseline for every decision requiring engineering judgement. 

I’m currently reading this book, “Engineering and Geoscience – Practice and Ethics”, a 440page textbook, updated from my 1990 reading of it as a required credit course at the University of Alberta.  It’s nice to revisit a key topic for all engineers.