E
ngineers design many
products and provide
many services that affect
our quality of life and safety.
They supervise the construc-
tion of buildings, dams, high-
ways, bridges, mass transit
systems, and power plants.
Engineers must perform under
a certain standard of profes-
sional behavior which requires
adherence to the highest prin-
ciples of ethical conduct.
5
CHAPTER
ENGINEERING ETHICS
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