Engineering Profession, Ethics, and Law

These are my courese notes and slides for the course ECE 290 Engineering Profession, Ethics, and Law.

The Undergraduate Calendar description for this course:

An introduction to the engineering profession, including standards, safety, background (Charter of Rights and Freedoms), contracts, torts (negligent malpractice), forms of carrying on business, intellectual property (patents, trade marks, copyrights and industrial designs), professional practice (Professional Engineers Act, professional misconduct and sexual harassment), alternative dispute resolution, Labour Relations and Employment Law, Environmental Law.

The first essay topic is available here. It is due Sunday, October 18th, at 8:00 pm.

These course notes are based, in part, on the work of Dr. Julie Vale.

The required reading from the Gazette for the final examine includes:

  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Scot McCavour, May/June 2004
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Engineer A, January/February 2005
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of John J. Kadlec, January/February 2005
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Engineer X, May/June 2005
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of David Brouillette, May/June 2005
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of John Yat-Man Kwan, May/June 2006
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Christopher M. Turek, March/April 2007
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Mladen Pazin, March/April 2008
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Robert G. Wood et al., March/April 2011
  • The matter of a complaint regarding the conduct of Abraham Bueckert, March/April 2011

This course is divided into ten sections, the last six focus on specific aspects of Canadian Law relevant to engineers.

  1. Canadian Society
  2. Introduction to Ethics, Law, and Justice
  3. Professional Practice
  4. Canadian Law
    1. Constitutional Law
    2. Contract Law
    3. Tort Law
    4. Contract Law
    5. Regulation
    6. Labour Relations and Employment Law
    7. Environmental Law

These are described in greater detail in the course summary.