In my experience all man-made catastrophies or incidents are the product of at least two of the following:human errortechnological (mechanical) failureenvironmental conditionsIt's rare that incidents occur as the result of human error alone.
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Comcokid :
You are quite right that some employment contracts have conditions where both parties agree to forego the imlied severence conditions. As you might imagine a huge part of employment law centres on the subject of termination and approriate severence provisions.
Normally after...
Comcokid:
Employment law is a specialty form of contract law. The US draws its roots for contract common law from Britain, where all contracts, whether oral or in writing, require offer acceptance, consideration, lawful object and competence to form contract.
If you have an employment related...
Anyone interested in a general discourse on the differences between government and private sector cultures should read:
"Systems of Survival: A Dialogue on the Moral Foundations of Commerce and Politics", Jane Jacobs, published by Vintage Books. For 10 or 12 bucks, it's an excellent...
WideMike:
"They've [ heavy/highway contractor] offered two (2) positions verbally, but "tap dance" around submitting offer letter(s)."
Everybody has a different negotiating style. Nothing should stop you from documenting the offer by sending the offerer a letter clarifying...
Yes I am a P.Eng., but the merits for clarifying the client's misrepresentation are for civil liability reasons, not professional liability reasons. Whether the client is fraudulently misrepresenting or negligently misrepresenting is not the primary concern, . . .the fact is that the client is...
I thought I'd conclude my comments on this thread by reminding readers that ethical obligations have no geographical boundaries. Clearly, there are many here who want to believe otherwise. I don't mean to be too flippant when I point out that there are still those who also believe the earth is...
Whatever you do, don't follow ctopher's advice.
What you might do:Consult your solicitor for advice as to what action you should take when you contact your client.Advise your client (in writing) that their documents misrepresent your firm as the author of the subject bridge design.If the...
electricpete wrote on Sept 1:
"Items 4a and 4b make it clear that any finder's fee would have to be disclosed to all parties."
Actually, the PE is required to divulge potential conflicts of interest only to his client, and not to "all interested parties". It is the...
VOD
From your Aug. 25th message you wrote:
". . .the Code of Ethics strictly speaking, is NOT ENFORCEABLE under the ACT."
There is not a single association in Canada that does not enforce its ethical rules and discipline its members under powers granted by their provincial...
It's facinating how these threads evolve from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Given the facts presented in plasgears's message, there is neither anything unethical or unlawful related to charging a fee for professional services. Yes Virginia, it's true that professionals gain experience that not...
RDK:
It may be difficult for many to swallow, but as long as you remain a member of the Manitoba association, you are subject to its laws. So if you are accused of an unprofessional or unethical act in Botswana, then your Manitoba association has jurisdiction to discipline you (if it chooses...
VOD:
Your comments:
"The provincial association only has jurisdiction for the province it represents. Also legally speaking, laws and ethics have been recognized as separate by these very associations in Canada."
are not entirely accurate.
The laws of the Engineering licensing...
BobPE:
Could you advise which engineering jurisdiction limits or restricts what has been referred to here as "finders fees"? I must admit that I've never heard of this type of restriction here in N.America. Is it just one state or are there more than one?
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Many engineers seem to make this ethics thing far more complicated than it need be.
Presummably no one will disagree that there are a spectrum of laws in place, to which we all must comply if we are to conduct ourselves lawfully. Some of these are:international laws,federal laws,state /...
I'm willing to bet that any of you who have ever been in the New York CitiCorp Building are awfully glad that Bill LeMeasure was sober and sincere when he made his professional oath. Too bad the designers of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency never held the same committment.
The original source for the first iron rings was from scrap steel from significant engineering projects of the past, (often associated with fatalities and property damage). The most notable source was the second Quebec River Bridge collapse that killed a number of workers.
The essential point...
My dad's ring was iron. His first ring (1944, from the scrap of the second collapse of the Quebec River Bridge) corroded off of his finger in 1957. His replacement was also iron, but when he lost that one in 1964, it was replaced with stainless steel. My ring is also stainless (graduated 1975)...
