Code of Ethics for Engineers

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND CODE OF ETHICS FOR ENGINEERS

1. Only members of the Institution whose names appear on the current Register of Uganda Engineers’ Registration Board may use the title “Engineer” before their names.

2. Any Member of the Institution, provided he or she is a Registered Engineer, shall practice only in a branch of engineering in which he or she is competent.

3. An Engineer shall order his or her conduct in such a way as to safe guard at all times the safety, health and welfare of the public in the performance of his or her professional duties, and uphold and advance the dignity, standing and reputation of the profession.

4. An Engineer shall discharge his or her duties with complete fidelity. He or she shall not accept remuneration for services rendered other than with his/her employer's permission.

5. An Engineer shall not act so as to injure, or attempt to injure whether directly or indirectly, the professional reputation, prospects, or business of another Engineer provided that this rule shall not be taken as prohibiting expression of technical opinion on behalf of his client before a tribunal or in a commissioned report or of lodging a complaint on the conduct of another Engineer to the Institution of Professional Engineers and/or to the Engineers Registration Board.

6. An Engineer shall not, directly or indirectly, attempt to supplant another Engineer; nor shall he/she intervene or attempt to intervene in connection with Engineering work of any kind, which to his/her knowledge is entrusted to another Engineer.

7. An Engineer shall not review the work of another Engineer for the same client, until he or she has either obtained the consent of such Engineer, or has been notified by the client in writing that the connection of such Engineer with the work has been terminated.

8. An Engineer shall not knowingly compete with another Member on the basis of professional charges. Provided that such competition shall be permissible where competitive offers are sought in accordance with formal procedures which include the following requirements:-
a) that quality of service be recognised as a primary factor in the selection process and in the evaluation of offers;
b) that the nature and scope of the duties are sufficiently defined in the invitation to submit proposal so as to maintain the principle of equality between competitors;
c) that any fee proposal once made may not be revised prior to the award of the commission.
The operation of this proviso shall be reviewed by the Council at intervals of not more than two years and a report made at a General Meeting.

9. Engineers may publicise their names or the names of their firms through public media for the sole purpose of letting the public know where they are located and what services they offer. Any such publication shall make no reference implicitly or explicitly, to the cost of services.

10. An Engineer, without disclosing that fact to his or her employer in writing, shall not be a director or member of, or a shareholder in, or act as an agent for, or be salaried employee of any commercial, contracting or manufacturing business which is or may be involved in the class of work to which his or her appointment relates; nor shall he or she receive directly or indirectly any royalty, gratuity or commission on any article or for the purposes of the work in respect of which he or she is employed unless or until such royalty, gratuity, or commission has been authorised in writing by his or her employer.

11. An Engineer shall not be the medium of payments made on his or her employer’s behalf unless so requested by his or her clients but shall only issue certificates to his or her clients for payments; nor shall he or she in connection with work on which he or she is employed place contracts or orders except with the authority of and behalf of his or her employer.

12. An Engineer shall not accept financial or other compensation from more than one interested party for the same service, or for services pertaining to the same work, without the consent of all interested parties.

13. An Engineer shall not use the advantages of as salaried position to compete unfairly with other Engineers.

14. An Engineer who is engaged in engineering work in a country abroad will order his conduct according to the customs of that country adhering as closely as is practicable to the principals of the code.

15. Engineers shall associate professionally only with reputable persons or organisations.

16. An Engineer shall act in all professional matters as a faithful advisor to his or her employer and in administering contracts, shall remain fair to the contractor.

17. Engineers shall continue their professional development throughout their careers, and shall provide opportunities for the professional development of those Engineers under their supervision.

ANY ALLEGED BREACH OF THIS code or part thereof which may be brought before the Council properly vouched for and supported by the sufficient evidence, shall be investigated, and if proved, shall be dealt with by the Council, either by expulsion of the offender from the Institution under the procedure of bye-law 7.03 as far as it applies, or in such manner as the Council may deem fit.

UGANDA INSTITUTION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS

Code of Ethics for Engineers
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