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Ethics, what advice do you have?
I am not a licensed Engineer, so I am not sure I am bound by the same oath, or obligated under the same laws to take action, in the same manner some of you would be. But as a professional, I know what the right thing to do is, and I'm not sure I could live with myself knowing what I know now...- Lions
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- Forum: Professional Ethics in engineering
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Ethics, what advice do you have?
The state is florida, and apearently my company has just caught wind that the designers are questioning our engineering practices. I'm not the only person asking/or that has asked these questions, and conducted reasearch for the correct answer. Our GM just got a call from corporate, they...- Lions
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- Forum: Professional Ethics in engineering
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Ethics, what advice do you have?
If the state requires a raised / signed seal on every drawing, but the engineer is not doing it the designer is, and is doing so because thats what his management has told him to do, under agreement with said engineer, and these designes are not being reviewed by this engineer, is this wrong?- Lions
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- Forum: Professional Ethics in engineering
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Ethics, what advice do you have?
Lets just say, for the sake of arguement, the designers dont know, have never met, and are not even sure said engineer even exists.When problems arise, the designers receive guidence from a senior designer, or are told to figure it out themselves. I guess I was under the impression that if the...- Lions
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- Forum: Professional Ethics in engineering
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Ethics, what advice do you have?
I want to run a hypothetical situation past the professionals on this forum for a “what would you do” answer. A truss designer of limited experience joins a company and over time, realizes there is a big problem. He designes, permits, and has built houses that have never been reviewed by a...- Lions
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