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Code of Ethics towards Subordinates and Employees

Updated for 2010 Changes to the Professional Engineers Act

These web pages have been updated to include both enacted and pending changes due to the Open for Business Act, 2010. Note that some changes will not be in force until proclaimed by the Lieutenant Governor; for example, the putting into force the end of the industrial exemption has been delayed numerous times.

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All information on this website is provided without any warranty to its correctness. The material on these pages reflects Douglas Wilhelm Harder's best judgment in light of the information available to him at the time of its preparation. Any use which a third party makes of these pages, on any reliance on or decision to be made based on it, are the responsibility of such third parties. Douglas W. Harder accepts no responsibility for damages, if any, suffered by any third party as a result of decisions made or actions based on these pages.

While a clause of the Code of Ethics does not focus on the ethical duties of a practitioner towards his or her subordinates and employees, the following clauses should be noted:

  • 77.1.i It is the duty of a practitioner...to act at all times with fairness and loyalty to the practitioner's subordinates and employees.
  • 77.7.v A practitioner shall give proper credit for engineering work,..., provide opportunity for professional development and advancement of the practitioner's associates and subordinates, ...