Ethics of Engineering

The Code of Ethics of the National Society of Professional Engineers are sets of rules of conduct that have been established by the engineering community that outline the obligations of professional engineers to society, to employers and clients, and to fellow engineers. These rules are established in an attempt to safeguard life, health, and property, to promote the public welfare, and to maintain a high standard of integrity. In the given example, the problem is …

…these things do not happen today, in fact they happen more often than not. In this day in age less people worry about something being ethical or unethical, if something was to be copied today the big thing would be the incurring lawsuits that would arise from all the patent rights and copyrighted stuff. Today less and less people care whether a decision is ethical or unethical, most of the people care about making money.